A Case from Battery Replacement to Epıcardıal Pacemaker Implantatıon

Esra Polat 1 * , Sedat Sakallı 1, Engin Dondurmacı 1, Murat Abdulhamit Ercisli 2
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1 Department of Cardiology, Gaziantep City Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gaziantep City Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
* Corresponding Author
J CLIN MED KAZ, In press. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/16217
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Author Contributions: Conceptualization, E. P., S. S.; methodology, E. P., S. S.; validation, not applicable; formal analysis, not applicable; investigation, E. P., S. S.; resources, not applicable; data curation, E. P., S. S.; writing – original draft preparation, E. P., E. D.; writing – review and editing, E. P., M. A. E.; visualization, E. P., S. S.; supervision, not applicable; project administration, not applicable; funding acquisition, not applicable. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Ethical clearance: Informed consent was obtained.

ABSTRACT

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)  infections  can present with a large spectrum ranging from erythema due to skin site inflammation to infective endocarditis, which can be fatal. Whether the pocket infection is complicated or not and whether there are signs of systemic infection are important in the prognosis and treatment of patients. In this case report, we present a patient with high comorbidity who underwent pacemaker battery replacement and developed complicated pocket infection and the difficulties in management.
Keywords: Cardiac implantable electronic device, infection, epicardial pacemaker.

CITATION

Polat E, Sakallı S, Dondurmacı E, Ercisli MA. A Case from Battery Replacement to Epıcardıal Pacemaker Implantatıon. J Clin Med Kaz. 2025. https://doi.org/10.23950/jcmk/16217

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