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  • Title: Silicone-induced endocarditis. A complication of transvenous cardiac pacing catheterization.
    Author: Travis WD, Balogh K, Wolf BC, Doos WG, Abraham JL.
    Journal: Arch Pathol Lab Med; 1986 Jan; 110(1):51-4. PubMed ID: 3753570.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of silicone-induced endocarditis as a newly recognized complication of transvenous cardiac pacing catheterization. Silicone was found embedded in thrombotic vegetations on the tricuspid valve of a patient who had a long-standing pacing catheter in the right side of his heart. Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive x-ray analysis confirmed the presence of silicone in the vegetations and in the catheter tip.
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