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Infection after pacemaker implantation: infection rates and risk factors associated with infection in a population-based cohort study of 46299 consecutive patients

AIMS: Infection is a serious complication of pacemaker (PM) systems. Although the rate of infection has been debated, the figures are largely unknown. We therefore studied the incidence of PM infection and its associated risk factors in the Danish population. METHODS AND RESULTS: Since 1982, all PM...

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Autores principales: Johansen, Jens Brock, Jørgensen, Ole Dan, Møller, Mogens, Arnsbo, Per, Mortensen, Peter Thomas, Nielsen, Jens Cosedis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21252172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehq497