Pacemaker lead infection in young patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7 I, 2003, Pages 1489-1493

  Klug, Didier ^a,b   Vaksmann, Guy ^a   Jarwé, Moustapha ^a   Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Francart, Charles ^a   Kacet, Salem ^a   Rey, Christian ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pacemaker infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEVICE INFECTION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PULSE GENERATOR; RECURRENT INFECTION; REOPERATION; SINUS NODE DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0038270017     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00215.x     Document Type: Article

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