Pacemaker endocarditis: Approach for lead extraction in endocarditis with large vegetations

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2130-2132

  Miralles, Albert ^a   Moncada, Victor ^a   Chevez, Hermes ^a   Rodriguez, Rafael ^a   Granados, Jordi ^a   Castells, Eduard ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0035665240     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02726-6     Document Type: Article

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