title: Pacemaker lead extraction complicated by a 'free floating' infected mass in the right atrium with embolization to the lung.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE16EH, UK. senthilk1uk@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Senthil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirubakaran
authors.forename: Christopher Aldo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment