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Nailed It: Conservative Management of Penetrating Injury and Potential Infection of a Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device
Author(s) -
DOLACKY STEVEN D.,
WEHBER AIMEE A.,
WORTHAM DALE C.,
ROBERTS MADHUR A.,
KAISER BROOKE R.,
HIRSH JEFFREY B.
Publication year - 2016
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/pace.12903
Subject(s) - medicine , conservative management , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , surgery
A 47‐year‐old man with a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and chronic systolic heart failure presented after he inadvertently shot himself in the left upper chest with a pneumatic nail gun, penetrating his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) generator. The device was noninterrogable, consistent with device failure. A new ICD was attached to the existing right ventricular lead, which showed no evidence of traumatic damage and normal lead parameters on interrogation. Aggressive debridement and antibiotic irrigation of the ICD pocket was performed and an antibacterial envelope was used. Bacterial culture of the ICD pocket grew Bacillus species. The patient completed a course of at least 14 days of oral clindamycin. At follow‐up, there were no signs or symptoms of systemic or local wound infection.