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Pacemaker lead infection in young patients.

Didier Klug1, Guy Vaksmann, Moustapha Jarwé

  • 1Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Bacteriology, University of Lille, France. dklug@chru-lille.fr

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|August 14, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Pacemaker lead infections are more common in young patients, especially those with congenital heart disease. Surgical lead extraction poses a high risk of death in these patients.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology

Background:

  • Transvenous pacing is common in children.
  • Pacemaker lead infection is a rare but serious complication.
  • Limited data exists on pediatric pacemaker lead infections.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Determine the prevalence of pacemaker lead infection in young patients.
  • Evaluate optimal management strategies for pacemaker lead infection in children and young adults.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of a pacemaker implantation database (1975-2001).
  • Analysis of 4476 patients, focusing on 304 patients under 40 years old.
  • Comparison of infection rates between patients with and without congenital heart disease.

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Main Results:

  • Pacemaker lead infection occurred in 5.5% of young patients with congenital heart disease, significantly higher than other groups.
  • Younger patients (<40) had more reinterventions at the pulse generator site.
  • Surgical lead extraction in patients with structural cardiac defects had a high mortality rate.

Conclusions:

  • Pacemaker lead infection prevalence is higher in younger individuals, potentially due to increased procedures.
  • Structural cardiac defects increase the risk of mortality during surgical lead removal.
  • Percutaneous lead extraction may lead to chronic cor pulmonale.