title: Lead-dependent infective endocarditis complicated by septic emboli.
abstract: Lead-dependent infective endocarditis (LDIE) has emerged as a serious complication of electrotherapy in the era of advanced medical technology and is a growing problem due to greater patient longevity, limited electrode life-time, an increasing number of abandoned leads, and subclinical symptoms. We present a case of dramatic course of LDIE in a 26 year-old patient in whom standard management had failed to cure endocarditis. This case was complicated by extensive pulmonary septic emboli and required cardio-thoracic intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland. a_kutarski@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutarski
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spikowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mroczek
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Czekajska-Chehab
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oleszczak
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stodółkiewicz
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cichoń
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*