Complications of cardiac implants: Handling device infections

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-235

  Nof, Eyal ^a,b   Epstein, Laurence M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac implantable devices; Extraction; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPTOMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTISEPSIS; CARDIAC IMPLANT; CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVICE; CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DEVICE INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPICARDIAL PACEMAKER; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 84872570126     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs352     Document Type: Review

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