title: Sepsis from insidious pacemaker infection and unsuspected tricuspid valve endocarditis: the importance of transesophageal echocardiography in guiding explantation strategy.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belikov
authors.forename: Jure
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marijic
authors.forename: Hillel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laks
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Staudacher
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Kalyanam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shivkumar
authors.forename: Jonah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Odim
mesh_terms: 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