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Cardiac abscess following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
J F Timsit1, M A Wolff, J P Bédos
1Service de Bactériologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
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This study details the first myocardial abscess linked to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA). Repeated procedures may increase infection risk, suggesting a need for prophylactic antibiotics in specific cases.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Infectious Diseases
- Interventional Cardiology
Background:
- Infectious complications following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) are exceptionally rare.
- Previous reports primarily documented groin infections and septic endarteritis, often associated with repeated interventions.
Abstract:
We report the first case of myocardial abscess directly related to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA). Infectious complications of PTCA are very rare and limited to a few cases of groin infection and septic endarteritis most often after repeated procedures. In our patient, a problematic and repeated procedure probably led to a direct colonization and subsequent infection of an intimal dissection of the right coronary artery. Standard aseptic techniques can be inadequate in the case of early repuncture or if there is an indwelling line. Prophylactic antibiotic treatment should be considered in this case, although its usefulness has not been yet formally demonstrated.