Pacemaker-related endocarditis: The value of transoesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and treatment

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Rallidis, Loukianos S ^a,b   Komninos, Komninos A ^a   Papasteriadis, Evangelos G ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pacemaker endocarditis; Staphylococci; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PACEMAKER; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THORACOTOMY; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037309573     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.1.2005256     Document Type: Article

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