Infection after ICD implantation: Operating room versus cardiac catheterisation laboratory

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Remmelts, H H F ^a   Meine, M ^a   Loh, P ^a   Hauer, R N W ^a   Doevendans, P A ^a   Van Herwerden, L A ^a   Hopmans, T E M ^a   Ellerbroek, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac catheterisation laboratory; Complications; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Infection; Operating room

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PULSE GENERATOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 70349267038     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086226     Document Type: Article

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