TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospective study of bacteremia aftercardiac catheterization
AU - Banai, Shmuel
AU - Selitser, Vera
AU - Keren, Andre
AU - Benhorin, Jesaia
AU - Shitrit, Orly Ben
AU - Yalon, Shaul
AU - Halperin, Efraim
PY - 2003/10/15
Y1 - 2003/10/15
N2 - Nine hundred sixty consecutive cardiac catheterization procedures were studied prospectively for the presence of periprocedural bacteremia. Overall, among 960 procedures, only 4 were associated with clinically significant bacteremia. All 4 were related to the intravenous line and none to the cardiac procedure itself. Clinically nonsignificant bacteremias were correlated with procedural duration, multiple skin punctures, use of multiple balloons, and obesity.
AB - Nine hundred sixty consecutive cardiac catheterization procedures were studied prospectively for the presence of periprocedural bacteremia. Overall, among 960 procedures, only 4 were associated with clinically significant bacteremia. All 4 were related to the intravenous line and none to the cardiac procedure itself. Clinically nonsignificant bacteremias were correlated with procedural duration, multiple skin punctures, use of multiple balloons, and obesity.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00990-1
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9149(03)00990-1
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C2 - 14556886
AN - SCOPUS:0141706661
VL - 92
SP - 1004
EP - 1007
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 8
ER -
