Abrasions of the outer silicone insulation of endocardial leads in their intracardiac part: a new mechanism of lead-dependent endocarditis.

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Published in Europace on February 06, 2012

Authors

Kołodzińska Kolodzinska1, Andrzej Kutarski, Marcin Grabowski, Ingeborga Jarzyna, Barbara Małecka, Grzegorz Opolski

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 1a Banacha Street, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland. aa.kolodzinska@wp.pl

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