Implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead endocarditis causing diffuse right atrial abscess and pulmonary artery embolism

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Kervan, Ümit ^a   Altintas, Garip ^a   Ozen, Anil ^a   Durukan, Mine ^a   Guray, Ümit ^a   Özatik, Mehmet Ali ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ICD lead; Pulmonary embolism; Right atrial mass; Tricuspid valve insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HEART ABSCESS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 83455179709     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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