Soft-tissue Phlegmon and secondary endocarditis 10 years after congenital cardiac surgery and AICD-implantation
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) of Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) is a rare and potentially fatal disease with a significant morbidity and mortality. Case Summary: We report on a case of 23-years-old male patient with device - related endocarditis after multiple impl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Pensoft Publishers
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Българска кардиология |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.bgcardio.org/article/133175/download/pdf/ |
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| Summary: | Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) of Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) is a rare and potentially fatal disease with a significant morbidity and mortality. Case Summary: We report on a case of 23-years-old male patient with device - related endocarditis after multiple implantation of (AICD) associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Due to infective endocarditis we performed surgical extraction of AICD and tricuspid valve replacement (TVR). In age of 4 and 10 years the patient had previous cardiac surgeries for perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and right-vetricular outflow tract obstruction, respectively. Discussion: Device-related endocarditis is a severe complication after AICD implantation. For diagnosis verification we routinely use the echocardiography and 18F-FDG PET/CT scan as nuclear imaging. Tricuspid valve replacement is always recommended if the native valve is completely destructed. |
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| ISSN: | 2683-1015 |