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Philippe Camus, M.D.
Dijon, France
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Pacemaker leads - Implantable cardiac devices
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Septic pulmonary embolism
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05/01/2014
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Diagnosing DIRD
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Drug and radiation history
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Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Remission of symptoms with removal of drug
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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Causality assessment
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Publications
Bacterial endocarditis with septic pulmonary embolism due to pacemaker lead infection.
Cardiac device-related endocarditis: 31-Years' experience.
Aspergillus pacemaker lead endocarditis.
Septic pulmonary embolism in a patient with defibrillator lead endocarditis.
Infected pacemaker causing septic lung emboli detected on FDG PET/CT.
Chronic cor pulmonale: a rare complication of undiagnosed pacemaker lead endocarditis.
[Right-heart endocarditis after pacemaker implantation as a cause of a round pulmonary infiltrate].