Using transesophageal echocardiography to assess cardiovascular implantable electronic device endocarditis

Anesth Analg. 2015 May;120(5):1008-1010. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000633.

Authors

R Kyle Branham¹, Alan C Finley, James H Abernathy 3rd

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.

PMID: 25899269
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000633

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Device Removal
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Reoperation