Early cardioverter defibrillator infection: Value of Indium-111 leukocyte imaging

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 236-238

  Bhadelia, Rafeeque A ^a   Oates, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031018837     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00692-3     Document Type: Article

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