Discriminative Ability and Reliability of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Characterizing Cases of Cardiac Device Lead Vegetations Versus Noninfectious Echodensities

Abstract Background Approximately one-third of cases of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infection present as CIED lead infection. The precise transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) definition and characterization of “vegetation” associated with CIED lead infection remain unclear...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2021-06, Vol.72 (11), p.1938-1943
Hauptverfasser:	George, Merit P, Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda, Vijayvargiya, Prakhar, Anavekar, Nandan S, Luis, Sushil Allen, Wilson, Walter R, Baddour, Larry M, Sohail, M Rizwan
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Sprache:	eng
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