Unusual complication of pacemaker implantation/revision: Secondary endocarditis due to fracture and embolization of an introducer sheath

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-343

  South, Harry ^a   Bains, Jujhar ^a   Hirsh, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac pacing; infection; myocardium; subclavian vein

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRADYCARDIA; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEAT SYNCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRADYCARDIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84856277719     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22981     Document Type: Article

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