Article Title
Fibrous Web in the Right Atrium: A Complication of Fungal Endocarditis and Previous Lead Infections
Abstract
A 57-year-old woman with a past medical history of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing orthotopic heart transplant evaluation on milrinone, prior extraction of multiple pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads due to Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis, and multiple central venous catheter infections presented with several days of worsening dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea and lower extremity edema, prompting admission for congestive heart failure exacerbation.
Recommended Citation
Wang, MD, Harry
(2019)
"Fibrous Web in the Right Atrium: A Complication of Fungal Endocarditis and Previous Lead Infections,"
The Medicine Forum: Vol. 20, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29046/TMF.020.1.004
Available at:
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/tmf/vol20/iss1/5
