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Predominant Tricuspid Stenosis Secondary to Bacterial Endocarditis in a Patient With Permanent Pacemaker and Balloon Dilatation of the Stenosis
Author(s) -
NISANCI YILMAZ,
YILMAZ ERCUMENT,
ONCUL AYTAC,
OZSARUHAN ONAL
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00460.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid stenosis , balloon dilatation , stenosis , endocarditis , sick sinus syndrome , cardiology , permanent pacemaker , tricuspid valve , balloon , surgery
In a 49‐year‐old woman with sick sinus syndrome and a pemanent VVI pacemaker, severe tricuspid stenosis and its clinical consequences developed 4 years after the attack of endocarditis. Besides the quite unusual occurrence of lead related tricuspid stenosis, successful treatment with balloon dilatation is the unique feature of this case.