Sepsis from insidious pacemaker infection and unsuspected tricuspid valve endocarditis: the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding explantation strategy

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005 Aug;19(4):505-7. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.05.009.

Authors

Sergey Belikov¹, Jure Marijic, Hillel Laks, Mark Staudacher, Noel Boyle, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Jonah Odim

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Comte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

PMID: 16085259
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.05.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnostic Errors
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
Pacemaker, Artificial / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Tricuspid Valve*