Pacemaker lead infection: Detection by multiplane transesophageal echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 616-618

  Tighe, Dennis A ^a,c   Tejada, Luis A ^a,c   Kirchhoffer, James B ^a,c   Gilmette, Patricia ^a,c   Rifkin, Robert D ^a,c   Estes III, N A Mark ^b,c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0029939339     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90550-5     Document Type: Article

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