Case AQ002

Question AQ 002

Based upon the echocardiogram and the patient's clinical picture, which one of the following would be the LEAST desirable means of managing the patient:

A. Intravenous or catheter-delivered thrombolytic therapy

B. Surgical exploration with removal of the mass and the pacemaker leads

C. Antibiotic therapy

D. Removal of the pacemaker lead using a less invasive percutaneous approach

E. Intravenous heparin followed by chronic warfarin therapy

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