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An unusual case of disseminated intravascular coagulation

Author(s) -

Dmitri Pchejetski,

Mojiba Kenbaz,

Heba Alshaker,

Dharmesh Rajput,

Kiruparajan Jesudason

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

oxford medical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2053-8855

DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omx009

Subject(s) - infective endocarditis , medicine , disseminated intravascular coagulation , emergency department , endocarditis , immunosuppression , heart failure , malignancy , sepsis , diabetes mellitus , surgery , cardiology , psychiatry , endocrinology

The use of cardiac pacemakers is increasing worldwide. Infective endocarditis from a pacemaker lead is a rare, but one of the most severe complications of pacemaker insertion. The diagnosis of pacemaker-related infective endocarditis is usually delayed due to unspecific clinical signs and symptoms at presentation compared to native valve infective endocarditis. Several factors can increase the risk of cardiac pacemaker-related infective endocarditis including cachexia, malignancy, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression and corticosteroid treatment. This case report is about a 70-year-old diabetic male who presented to the emergency department with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), cardiac and liver failure. He was diagnosed with pacemaker infective endocarditis, which was ultimately fatal

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