Septic vegetation at the left atrial appendage entrance after pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-217

  Weis, Sebastian ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Infective endocarditis; Pulmonary vein ablation

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; GENTAMICIN; PHENPROCOUMON; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIO ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 41949115359     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun006     Document Type: Article

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