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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1504-1505
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Preserving infected pacemaker systems

Raymond A. Dieter, Jr, MD

Du Page Medical Group, 454 Pennsylvania Ave, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, USA

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To the Editor:

The article by Yamada and associates [1] on two surgical lead-preserving procedures for pacemaker pocket infection was of interest. The usual approach to infection of a medically inserted device is to treat the patient with appropriate antibiotics, and if there is not a rapid response, removal of the foreign body is advocated. This policy is used by most physicians for pacemakers, joint prostheses, cranial shunts, vascular grafts, and oncology ports and for us is enhanced by the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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