The prevalence of echocardiographic accretions on the leads of patients with permanent pacemakers

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 803-807

  Dundar, Cihan ^a   Tigen, Kursat ^a,d   Tanalp, Cevat ^b   Izgi, Akin ^a   Karaahmet, Tansu ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^c   Erkol, Ayhan ^a   Oduncu, Vecih ^a   Kirma, Cevat ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Medicana Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Denizer Cad Cevizli ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accretion; Echocardiographic mass; Pacemaker lead

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMONITORING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 79959565878     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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