Lead vegetations in patients with local and systemic cardiac device infections: prevalence, risk factors, and therapeutic effects

Pier Giorgio Golzio, Anna Laura Fanelli, Melissa Vinci, Elisa Pelissero, Mara Morello, Walter Grosso Marra, Fiorenzo Gaita

EP Europace · 2012 · 38 citations · 46 references

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Abstract

Lead vegetations were frequently observed in patients with only local symptoms. Therefore, TEE should be mandatory in all patients undergoing LE for infective indications.

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