title: Unusual case of colonized pacemaker lead presenting with endocarditis, hemoptysis and tricuspid valve stenosis.
abstract: The present report is the first to describe a case of hemoptysis caused by an endocardial pacemaker lead. In addition, the patient presented with endocarditis and tricuspid valve stenosis. Aggressive treatment consisted of surgical extraction of two pacemaker leads and one pacemaker battery, replacement of the tricuspid valve and implantation of a DDD-R epicardial pacemaker.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewis General Hospital, McGill Universitsy, Montreal, Quebec. jmorin@jgh.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Jean-Francois
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheppard
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chamoun
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011475:Prosthesis Failure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents