title: Chronic cor pulmonale: a rare complication of undiagnosed pacemaker lead endocarditis.
abstract: Pacemaker lead infection is a rare life-threatening complication of permanent transvenous pacing. We describe the case of a young man who suffered recurrent undiagnosed septic pulmonary embolisms from pacemaker lead vegetations inducing chronic cor pulmonale with major pulmonary arterial hypertension. The potential complications of transvenous pacing and the systematic use of transesophageal echocardiography are emphasized.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mansencal
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lavergne
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordachar
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abergel
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Le Heuzey
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hidden
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guize
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis