Prompt use of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography is crucial for diagnosing and managing giant vegetations on ICD leads.
Supports combined antibiotic-surgical management of ICD lead vegetations; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Due to the increasing use of cardiac rhythm devices, infective endocarditis secondary to these devices is becoming more common. In this case report, we present a patient with a giant right atrial vegetation (2.3 cm x 2.0 cm) located on a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead and protruding into the right ventricular cavity during diastole. With appropriate, prolonged parenteral antibiotic therapy and complete surgical removal of hardware, the patient was managed successfully without complication. In these kinds of patients, prompt application of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography is required for accurate diagnosis and determining the most appropriate management strategy.
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