论文信息 - Intracardiac echocardiography in the detection of pacemaker lead endocarditis.

Intracardiac echocardiography in the detection of pacemaker lead endocarditis.

At times, infection of pacemaker leads can be difficult to confirm even with transesophageal echocardiography. We describe a patient with pacemaker lead infection where the transesophageal echocardiogram was nondiagnostic, and intracardiac echocardiography made the diagnosis by demonstrating the vegetation on the pacemaker lead. This illustrates a potential role for intracardiac echocardiography in infective endocarditis when transesophageal echocardiography is nondiagnostic.

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