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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:2038-2039
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Infection of a retained permanent epicardial pacemaker lead

Yoshikazu Hachiro, MDa, Seiya Kikuchi, MDa, Masayoshi Ito, MDa, Kazuhiro Takahashi, MDa, Tomio Abe, MD, PhDa

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Accepted for publication April 5, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Hachiro, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1, West 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan

Infection of a retained permanent epicardial pacemaker lead rarely causes mediastinal infection. A 21-month-old boy who had undergone an arterial switch operation at day 6 of life presented with mediastinal infection 3 months after removal of the generator. Removal of the infected pacemaker leads with the inflammatory granuloma was performed under extracorporeal circulation. The mediastinal infection developed from the retained epicardial pacemaker lead infection.






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