How to temporarily pace a pacemaker-dependent patient after lead extraction for device infection?

Europace. 2014 Nov;16(11):1697. doi: 10.1093/europace/eut334. Epub 2013 Oct 22.

Authors

Giulio Zucchelli¹, Giovanni Coluccia², Maria Grazia Bongiorni²

Affiliations

¹ Second Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital, Ospedale Cisanello, Via Paradisa 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy [email protected].
² Second Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital, Ospedale Cisanello, Via Paradisa 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 24148316
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut334

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Electrodes, Implanted / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
Premedication / methods*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents