Transvenous pacemaker malposition in the systemic circulation and pacemaker infection: A case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 887-890

  Al Dashti, Raja ^a   Huynh, Thao ^a   Rosengarten, Michael ^a   Page, Pierre ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infection; Malposition; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN;

AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACTION; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PACEMAKER; SEPTICEMIA; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036697224     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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