Hardware removal is a must with endocarditis

Eur Heart J. 2024 Jul 21;45(28):2533-2535. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae349.

Authors

Vinod H Thourani¹, Taylor Sirset-Becker², Prasad Dasi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marcus Valve Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

PMID: 38888900
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae349

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Device Removal* / methods
Endocarditis / surgery
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Humans
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects
Prosthesis-Related Infections* / microbiology