EPICARDIAL LEAD MIGRATION TO THE SPINE WITH DEVELOPMENT OF VERTEBRAL ABSCESS

Case: Patient is a 63 year old Male with medical history of HFrEF, Bi-ventricular ICD with epicardial lead placement in 2005, aortic dissection with aortic grafts and mechanical aortic valve replacement, aortic arch revision, ICD generator exchange complicated by endocarditis with lead explantation,...

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Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 69; no. 11; p. 434
Main Authors Reynbakh, Olga, Gabra, Nader Ishak, Weiss, Allen, Lee, Shawn, Hobson, Steven, Khandaker, Mariam, Kornberg, Robert, Aziz, Emad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 21.03.2017
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Aneurysms
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary arteries
Surgeons
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Summary:Case: Patient is a 63 year old Male with medical history of HFrEF, Bi-ventricular ICD with epicardial lead placement in 2005, aortic dissection with aortic grafts and mechanical aortic valve replacement, aortic arch revision, ICD generator exchange complicated by endocarditis with lead explantation, ICD pocket Serratia infection.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(17)33823-8