Complete removal of all foreign material is recommended for pacemaker-associated septicaemia and endocarditis, as it yields better outcomes than antibiotics alone or partial extraction.
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May support complete electrode removal in pacemaker endocarditis; hypothesis-generating case series requiring prospective validation.
Bluhm et al. (1982) studied this question.
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