Successful treatment of pacemaker related endocarditis with acute embolic stroke without device removal

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Moukarbel, George V ^a   Tabbarah, Zuhayr A ^a   Khoury, Maurice Y ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Endocarditis; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0141427577     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025320520828     Document Type: Article

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