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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Cardiac Device-related Infective Endocarditis and Retrosternal Abscess Treated with Percutaneous Lead Extraction and Antimicrobials.

Takumi Sato, Takumi Osawa, Akinori Ochi, Yuko Fumikura, Tomoko Machino-Ohtsuka, Hiro Yamasaki, Tomoko Ishizu, Hidetaka Nishina

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Takumi SatoDepartment of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan.
Takumi OsawaDepartment of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan.
Akinori OchiDepartment of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan.
Yuko FumikuraDepartment of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan.
Tomoko Machino-OhtsukaDepartment of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Hiro YamasakiDepartment of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Tomoko IshizuDepartment of Cardiology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Hidetaka NishinaDepartment of Cardiology, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 85-year-old man with a history of 2 open-heart surgeries [for aortic regurgitation and infective endocarditis (IE)] and pacemaker implantation for bradycardic atrial fibrillation presented with a fever. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a pacemaker lead vegetation. Computed tomography showed a retrosternal abscess. He was diagnosed with acute heart failure and IE. Given the high surgical risk due to his age, acute heart failure, and surgical history, we decided against cardiac surgery. After lead extraction, a leadless pacemaker was inserted, and antimicrobial therapy was administered. The patient was discharged on day 48, highlighting a strategy for managing complex cardiac device-related IE.

Indexed as

AbscessDevice RemovalEndocarditisEndocarditis, BacterialPacemaker, ArtificialProsthesis-Related InfectionsAged, 80 and overAnti-Bacterial AgentsDevice Lead ExtractionEchocardiography, TransesophagealHumansMaleAnti-Bacterial Agentsinfective endocarditislead extractionretrosternal abscess

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PMID39370256
PMCPMC12183426

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