Key result
Transvenous pacemaker lead causes rare micrococcal endocarditis and acquired tricuspid stenosis five years post-implant.
Why the study?
Pacemaker-related infective endocarditis with acquired tricuspid valve stenosis is unusual and not well characterized.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights an unusual presentation of pacemaker-related endocarditis caused by a micrococcus leading to acquired tricuspid valve stenosis.
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Alerts clinicians to rare late micrococcus pacemaker endocarditis with tricuspid stenosis; leaves open incidence and management questions.
Enia et al. (1991) conducted a case report in Right-sided Infective Endocarditis with Acquired Tricuspid Valve Stenosis (n=1). Transvenous pacemaker (DDD) was evaluated on Development of pacemaker-related endocarditis and acquired tricuspid valve stenosis. A 29-year-old woman developed unusual pacemaker-related endocarditis caused by a micrococcus and acquired tricuspid valve stenosis five years after transvenous pacemaker insertion.
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