Key result
Rare simultaneous prosthetic mitral valve and pacemaker lead endocarditis presents as stroke.
Why the study?
Infective endocarditis concomitantly affecting a left-sided heart valve and pacemaker lead is rarely defined.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the rare occurrence of simultaneous prosthetic mitral valve and pacemaker lead endocarditis.
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Alerts clinicians to concurrent prosthetic valve and lead endocarditis in stroke; leaves open optimal diagnostic strategies.
İntroduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening disease that usually affects a single heart valve. However, multi-valvular IE, either two-sided or one-sided is rarely reported. IE concomitantly affecting a left-sided heart valve and pacemaker lead is almost never defined, recently. Here, we present a patient who presented with stroke, mainly left-sided IE clinic, and was diagnosed simultaneouly with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and cardiac device-relateated infective endocarditis (CDRIE).
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Abdulrahman Naser (2025) conducted a case report in Simultaneous Prosthetic Mitral Valve and Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis (n=1). A rare case of simultaneous prosthetic mitral valve and pacemaker lead endocarditis was diagnosed in a patient presenting with stroke.
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