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  • Title: [Natural-valve endocarditis in patients wearing pacemakers].
    Author: Climent Payá V, Martínez Martínez JG, Marín Ortuño F, Meseguer Oller J, Sogorb Garri F.
    Journal: Rev Clin Esp; 1999 Jan; 199(1):28-30. PubMed ID: 10089774.
    Abstract:
    The presence of infective endocarditis with appearance of vegetations over the tricuspid valve in patients with permanent pacemaker is an uncommon complication. We report here three patients with permanent cardiac pacemakers who developed a picture of infective endocarditis over the electrode with appearance of vegetations over the native valve. The microorganism recovered from blood cultures in the three patients was Staphylococcus. The presence of retained pacemaker leads and repetitive surgical procedures over the pacemaker pouch are two risk factors reported in literature also present in our patients. Infective endocarditis is an uncommon difficult-to-diagnose complication, with a poor prognosis and which requires the removal of the whole infected material, with implantation of an epidermal pacemaker. Some diagnostic and therapeutic issues are discussed.
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