Migration and infection of a pace-sense lead from an abdominal defibrillator system

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1652-1655

  Khoo, Michelle S C ^a   Scholl, Frank ^a   Dignan, Rebecca ^a   Rottman, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Lead anchor; Lead migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMEN; FOREIGN BODY; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ABDOMEN; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 1842852759     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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