endocarditis

Has anyone had a pacemaker removed due to a staph infection that led to endocarditis then had another pacemaker implanted? My pacemaker became infected after a generator change which was removed and later I had open heart surgery for endocarditis. It has been 3 years since it was removed and my new Dr. is suggesting I have it reimplanted. I would like to hear someone else’s experience with this before I make up my mind.
Kind Regards,
~Carolyn


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Hi:)

by Pookie - 2011-05-29 12:05:21

I'm not quite sure there are members here who had the exact same thing happen as you describe, but there are several who had to have their pacers re-implanted because of infections.......just give them a few days and I'm sure they will respond:)

In the meantime - you could always use the SEARCH function, which is up in the upper right hand corner and you should be able to find some, if not all, of their posts on the subject.

Good luck.

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