Wilson Thomas, Richards Lauren, Bajwa Tanvir, Galazka Patrycja, Jahangir Arshad, Fischer William, Muthukumar Lakshmi
Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Advocate Aurora Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
CASE (Phila). 2021 Oct 13;6(1):13-15. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2021.09.004. eCollection 2022 Feb.
• Retained TEPW is fairly common and in rare cases may cause infective endocarditis. • Obtaining medical records and using multimodality imaging confirmed diagnosis. • The heart team assured full understanding of treatment options to reduce patient risk. • Right-side endocarditis caused by retained TEPW was treated without redo sternotomy.
• 残留的经皮能量传输导线(TEPW)相当常见,在罕见情况下可能导致感染性心内膜炎。
• 获取病历并使用多模态成像以确诊。
• 心脏团队确保患者充分了解治疗方案以降低风险。
• 由残留TEPW引起的右侧心内膜炎无需再次开胸手术进行治疗。