Late Presentation of Right Coronary Artery Stent Infection as Left Empyema and Pleuropericardial Fistula
Coronary stent infection (CSI) is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease, the incidence of which has been on a rise over the past 2 decades. Surgery seems the treatment of choice, providing a definitive diagnosis of CSI and removing the source of infection, repairing aneurysms, and providin...
Main Authors: | Dhiren Shah, MCh, Kishore Gupta, DNB, Dhaval Naik, DNB, Niren Bhavsar, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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Series: | JACC: Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923004539 |
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