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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Pacemaker leads - Implantable cardiac devices

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VI.r Septic pulmonary embolism

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Last update : 05/01/2014
 
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Publications

Bacterial endocarditis with septic pulmonary embolism due to pacemaker lead infection.
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation 2014 Mar;22;127-8 2014 Mar
Cardiac device-related endocarditis: 31-Years' experience.
Journal of cardiology 2013 Feb;61;175-80 2013 Feb
Aspergillus pacemaker lead endocarditis.
Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2013 Apr;21;211-4 2013 Apr
Septic pulmonary embolism in a patient with defibrillator lead endocarditis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2012 Jan 15;185;e2 2012 Jan 15
Infected pacemaker causing septic lung emboli detected on FDG PET/CT.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2010 Jun;17;514-5 2010 Jun
Chronic cor pulmonale: a rare complication of undiagnosed pacemaker lead endocarditis.
International journal of cardiology 2004 Jul;96;119-20 2004 Jul
[Right-heart endocarditis after pacemaker implantation as a cause of a round pulmonary infiltrate].
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) 1998 Jun 12;123;766-70 1998 Jun 12

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