Aspergillus infection in a large thrombus of a permanent ventricular pacing lead.

Pacemaker lead infection is a rare but a dangerous complication. Diagnosis can usually be established by the clinical picture and blood cultures. Transesophageal two dimensional echocardiography might be crucial in the diagnosis by visualizing pacing lead vegetations. Medical treatment alone is rare...

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Main Authors: Kim, Hee-Yeol, Kim, Chong-Jin, Rho, Tai-Ho, Youn, Ho-Joong, Cho, Eun-Ju, Jin, Seung-Won, Jeon, Hui-Kyung, Chae, Jang-Seong, Kim, Jae-Hyung, Hong, Soon-Jo, Choi, Kyu-Bo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3054926/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12378025
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