Atypical Pattern of Lung Involvement in Pacemaker Endocarditis

REFERENCES

1. 1.↵
   1. Greenspon AJ,
   2. Patel JD,
   3. Lau E,
   4. Ochoa JA,
   5. Frisch DR,
   6. Ho RT

   . Trends in permanent pacemaker implantation in the United States from 1993 to 2009: increasing complexity of patients and procedures. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;60(16):1540-1545.

   OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
2. 2.↵
   1. Baddour LM,
   2. Bettmann MA,
   3. Bolger AF,
   4. Epstein AE,
   5. Ferrieri P,
   6. Gerber MA,
   7. et al

   . Nonvalvular cardiovascular device-related infections. Circulation 2003;108(16):2015-2031.

   OpenUrlFREE Full Text
3. 3.↵
   1. Habib G,
   2. Hoen B,
   3. Tornos P,
   4. Thuny F,
   5. Prendergast B,
   6. Vilacosta I,
   7. et al

   . The Task Force on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infected endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 2009;30(19):2369-2413.

   OpenUrlFREE Full Text
4. 4.↵
   1. Baddour LM,
   2. Epstein AE,
   3. Erickson CC,
   4. Knight BP,
   5. Levison ME,
   6. Lockhart PB,
   7. et al

   . Update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections and their management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010;121(3):458-477.

   OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
5. 5.↵
   1. Cook RJ,
   2. Ashton RW,
   3. Aughenbaugh GL

   . Septic pulmonary embolism presenting features and clinical course of 14 patients. Chest 2005;128(1):162-166.

   OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
6. 6.↵
   1. Evangelista A,
   2. Gonzalez-Alujas MT

   . Echocardiography in infective endocarditis. Heart 2004;90(6):614-617.

   OpenUrlFREE Full Text
7. 7.↵
   1. Habib G,
   2. Badano L,
   3. Tribouilloy C,
   4. Vilacosta I,
   5. Zamorano JL,
   6. Galderisi M

   . Recommendations for the practice of echocardiography in infective endocarditis. Eur J Echocardiogr 2010;11(2):202-219.

   OpenUrl
8. 8.↵
   1. Muñoz P,
   2. Bouza E,
   3. Marín M,
   4. Alcalá L,
   5. Rodríguez Créixems M,
   6. Valerio M,
   7. Pinto A

   . Heart valves should not be routinely cultured. J Clin Microbiol 2008;46(9):2897-2901.

   OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
9. 9.↵
   1. Rossi SE,
   2. Goodman PC,
   3. Franquet T

   . Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000;174(6):1499-1508.

   OpenUrlPubMedWeb of Science
10. 10.↵
    1. del Río A A,
    2. Anguera I,
    3. Miró J,
    4. Mont L,
    5. Fowler VG Jr.,
    6. Azqueta M,
    7. et al

    . Surgical treatment of pacemaker and defibrillator lead endocarditis. The impact of electrode lead extraction on outcome. Chest 2003;124(4):1451-1459.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
11. 11.↵
    1. Baddour LM,
    2. Cha YM,
    3. Wilson WR

    . Infections of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices. N Engl J Med 2012;367(9):842-849.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
12. 12.↵
    1. Miralles A,
    2. Moncada V,
    3. Chevez H,
    4. Rodriguez R,
    5. Granados J,
    6. Castells E

    . Pacemaker endocarditis: approach for lead extraction in endocarditis with large vegetations. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72(6):2130-2132.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
13. 13.↵
    1. Grammes JA,
    2. Schulze CM,
    3. Al-Bataineh M,
    4. Yesenosky GA,
    5. Saari CS,
    6. Vrabel MJ,
    7. et al

    . Percutaneous pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead extraction in 100 patients with intracardiac vegetations defined by transesophageal echocardiogram. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55(9):886-894.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science