Lead extraction for device related infections: A single-centre experience

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Bracke, Frank A L E ^a   Meijer, A ^a   van Gelder, L M ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infection; Lead extraction; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERATOR; HEART PACING; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242704276     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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