Successful removal of an infected pacemaker electrode by open heart surgery under extracorporeal circulation

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-94

  Tayama, Eiki ^a   Arinaga, Koichi ^a   Oda, Takeshi ^a   Tomoeda, Hiroshi ^a   Maruyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nishimi, Masaru ^a   Akashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Kawara, Takemi ^a   Oryoji, Atsushige ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal circulation; Infectious pacemaker lead; Removal of pacemaker lead

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0033658446     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.47.91     Document Type: Article

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