Unusual Treatment of Pacemaker Pocket Infection: A Case Report

Pocket infection of a cardiac device is usually treated by removing the device and re-implanting it in a new site after complete treatment of the infection. This report illustrates a complicated case of pocket infection in the wake of the implantation of a permanent pacemaker (cardiac resynchronizat...

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Main Authors: Ali Moezzi, Ali Kazemisaeed, Akbar Shafiee, Fatemeh Ghazanchai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010-11-01
Series:Journal of Tehran University Heart Center
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/17114.pdf&manuscript_id=17114