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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Treatment of Septicemia in Pacemaker Patients
Beteiligte:
BÖHM, ÁDÁM;
BÁNYAI, FERENC;
PRÉDA, ISTVÁN;
ZÁMOLYI, KÁROLY
Erschienen:
Wiley, 1996
Erschienen in:
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 19 (1996) 7, Seite 1105-1111
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb03420.x
ISSN:
0147-8389;
1540-8159
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Beschreibung:
The authors analyzed the data of seven patients who had undergone open heart surgery because of pacemaker endocarditis in the past 4 years. Repeated surgical interventions on the pacemaker system were found to be the most common predisposing factors. Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis were the most common causative organisms. Two‐dimensional echocardiography was important in the diagnosis of cases with atypical clinical picture and negative blood cultures. We concluded that: (1) any pacemaker patient with fever should be considered to have a pacemaker endocarditis; (2) all of these patients should be examined by two‐dimenensional echocardiography; and (3) the total removal of the infected hardware seems to be the only way to achieve complete recovery.