Right heart endocarditis and endocardial pacemakers.
1989
J Rubio-Alvarez, and
D Duran-Muñoz, and
J Sierra-Quiroga, and
J B Garcia-Bengochea
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D010138
Pacemaker, Artificial
A device designed to stimulate, by electric impulses, contraction of the heart muscles. It may be temporary (external) or permanent (internal or internal-external).
Inflammation of the ENDOCARDIUM caused by BACTERIA that entered the bloodstream. The strains of bacteria vary with predisposing factors, such as CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; or intravenous drug use.