Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation in an Elderly Man With a Pacemaker Generator Eroding Through the Skin: Endocarditis, Perforation, Lead-Induced Impingement, or Another Mechanism?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 May;35(5):1544-1548. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.020. Epub 2020 Oct 17.

Authors

Paul S Pagel¹, Ethan T Wasson², Ryan M Davidovich², Dalip Singh³, G Hossein Almassi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesiology, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
² Anesthesiology, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
³ Cardiology, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
⁴ Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

PMID: 33158708
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.020

No abstract available

Keywords: Endocarditis; atrioventricular block; flail leaflet; pacemaker lead; septal leaflet; tricuspid regurgitation; tricuspid valve.

MeSH terms

Aged
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial* / adverse effects
Tricuspid Valve
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency* / etiology