Right atrial giant vegetation protruding into right ventricle located on an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 542-545

  Guray, Yesim ^a,b   Demirkan, Burcu ^a   Guray, Umit ^a   Celik, Gizem ^a   Korkmaz, Sule ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac device infections; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator infections; Infective endocarditis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIASTOLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650472090     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832b7e95     Document Type: Article

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