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Pacemaker implantation resulted in a severe complication of endocarditis and purulent cardiac tamponade two months after the procedure in a reported patient case.
Highlights a severe complication (endocarditis and purulent cardiac tamponade) occurring 2 months after pacemaker implantation.
Clinicians should remain alert for rare late infectious complications after device implantation; this case leaves open true incidence and prevention needs.
We report a patient with a severe complication after pacemaker implantation. Two months after the implant, …
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Álvarez-Acosta et al. (2016) studied this question. Pacemaker implantation resulted in a severe complication of endocarditis and purulent cardiac tamponade two months after the procedure in a reported patient case.
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