Infectious endocardial intracardiac defibrillator lead, infectious pericarditis, and delayed constrictive pericarditis

نویسندگان

  • Mohsen Mir Mohammad Sadeghi
  • Akbar Sadri
  • Ahmad Mirdamadi
  • Mohammad Reza Samiee Nasab
  • Elham Majidi
  • Pouya Mir Mohammad Sadeghi
چکیده

The usage of Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) since 1980s is becoming more popular these days. The rate of both, endocarditis and constrictive pericarditis are low but it still needs attention. We are reporting a rare case of ICD endocarditis as a result of toe infection in a diabetic patient. This was followed by infectious pericarditis after device removal by open heart surgery and then delayed constrictive pericarditis.

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دوره 18  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2013