Images in cardiovasclar medicine: pacemaker lead vegetation trapped in patent foramen ovale: a cause of hypoxemia after percutaneous extraction

Circulation. 2009 Mar 3;119(8):e223-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.820654.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheter Ablation / instrumentation
  • Catheter Ablation / methods
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / diagnosis*
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Hypoxia / surgery*
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / microbiology