UTILITY OF INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN SETTING OF CARDIAC DEVICE-RELATED ENDOCARDITIS AND LEAD EXTRACTION

Autor: Steven P. Kutalek, Heath Saltzman, Andrew Kohut, Parshva Patel, Aswin Mathew, Ashwani Gupta, Joshua Grant
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (10):A321
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(15)60321-7
Popis: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is currently the gold standard for diagnosis of cardiac device- related endocarditis (CDE) with a sensitivity of 94-96%. Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is routinely used during lead extraction procedures for early identification of procedural complications
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