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Figures
- Figure 1
Pocket infection after placement of a cardiac implantable electronic device can present as erythema and drainage (A); swelling, skin necrosis, and eschar formation (B); and erythema, swelling, and bullae formation (C).
- Figure 2
In a patient with endocarditis after cardiac implantable electronic device placement, transthoracic echocardiography shows a large vegetation (V) near the right atrium (RA), right ventricle (RV), and across the tricuspid valve (TV). This required surgical extraction of the organized vegetation along with the device and leads.
- Figure 3
The TYRX absorbable antibacterial envelope is a mesh coated with the antibiotics rifampin and minocycline, which elute off the mesh within approximately 7 days. The mesh is completely absorbed into the body in about 9 weeks.
- Figure 4
A leadless pacemaker in the right ventricle. The left atrial appendage exclusion clip is present.
Tables
- TABLE 1
Pathogens identified in 816 patients with lead extraction or device removal for CIED infection
Pathogen % Pathogen % MRCoNS 18.8 Streptococci 2.5 MSCoNS 18.8 VSE 2.8 MSSA 15.8 VRE 1.4 MRSA 15 Anaerobes 1.6 Negative culture 13.2 Fungal 0.9 Gram negative 8.9 Mycobacteria 0.2 CIED = cardiac implantable electronic device; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA = methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRCoNS = methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus; MSCoNS = methicillin-sensitive coagulase-negative staphylococcus; VRE = vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species; VSE = vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus species.
Data from reference 12.
