Role of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead infection

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-290

  Wasson, Sanjeev ^a   Aggarwal, Kul ^a   Flaker, Greg ^a   Reddy, Hanumanth K ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Defibrillator; Echocardiography; ICD; Lead; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECURRENT INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037398075     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03028.x     Document Type: Article

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