Massive acute aortic regurgitation after infected pacemaker lead removal: A word of caution

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Rossi, Michele ^a   Pirone, Francesco ^a   Nair, Sunil ^a   Trivedi, Uday ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; LEAD; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPNEA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALAISE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BIOPROSTHESIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM;

EID: 79960953232     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.116     Document Type: Article

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