John Kratz, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses infection care with pacemakers.

References and Resources
Post JJ, Alexopoulos C, Fewtrell C, Giles R, Jones PD. Outcome after complete percutaneous removal of infected pacemaker systems and implantable cardiac defibrillators. Intern Med J. 2006 Dec;36(12):790-2.

Tascini C, Bongiorni MG, Gemignani G, et al. Management of cardiac device infections: A retrospective survey of a non-surgical approach combining antibiotic therapy with transvenous removal. J Chemother. 2006 Apr;18(2):157-63.

Chang JP, Chen MC, Guo GB, Kao CL. Less-invasive surgical extraction of problematic or infected permanent transvenous pacemaker system. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Apr;79(4):1250-4.

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