STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS PERICARDITIS WITH TAMPONADE COMPLICATING CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING

Authors
AMIN H MUNT B IGNASZEWSKI A
Citation
H. Amin et al., STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS PERICARDITIS WITH TAMPONADE COMPLICATING CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING, Canadian journal of cardiology, 14(9), 1998, pp. 1148-1150
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Canadian journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0828282X
Volume
14
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1148 - 1150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0828-282X(1998)14:9<1148:SPWTCC>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Infectious complications of coronary angioplasty and stenting are unco mmon. A 70-year-old man is presented who underwent per-cutaneuous tran sluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stenting of an occluded left anterior descending artery. This was complicated by Staphylococcus aur eus pericarditis with tamponade. He was successfully treated with a cl osed drainage and antibiotics. This is the first reported case in the literature that documents purulent pericarditis and tamponade followin g percutaneous revascularization.