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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct 17;3(1):35-38.
doi: 10.1016/j.case.2018.08.001. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Pseudoleads on Transesophageal Echocardiography

Andrew M Jacobson  1 , Raju G Ailiani  2
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Case Reports

Pseudoleads on Transesophageal Echocardiography

Andrew M Jacobson et al. CASE (Phila). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteremia; Implanted cardiac device; Pseudoleads; Retained cardiac device leads; Transesophageal echocardiogram; Vegetation.

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Graphical abstract
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Figure 1
TEE, bicaval view: linear object noted in right atrium.
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Figure 2
TEE, short-axis view: vegetation noted on pseudolead in superior vena cava.
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Figure 3
TEE: pseudolead noted in superior vena cava with a hypoechoic center.
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Figure 4
TEE: vegetation noted on tricuspid valve leaflet.
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Figure 5
TEE: vegetation noted to the papillary muscle of the right ventricle (arrow).
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Figure 6
Chest radiography with absence of radiopaque objects.
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Figure 7
Chest CT: axial view with absence of radiopaque objects.
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Figure 8
Chest CT: coronal view with absence of radiopaque objects.
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Figure 9
Chest CT: coronal view with absence of radiopaque objects.
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Figure 10
Chest CT: axial view with evidence of cavitary lesions (arrow), consistent with septic pulmonary emboli.
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Figure 11
Cervical MRI with spinal abscess noted (arrow).
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