Sepsis from insidious pacemaker infection and unsuspected tricuspid valve endocarditis: the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding explantation strategy.
Belikov
Sergey
S
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Comte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Marijic
Jure
J
Laks
Hillel
H
Staudacher
Mark
M
Boyle
Noel
N
Shivkumar
Kalyanam
K
Odim
Jonah
J
D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000382:microbiology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014261:Tricuspid Valve