The oral cavity is not a primary source for implantable pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillator infections

Jörg Eberhard1*,†Nico Stumpp1,†Fadi Ismail1Ulrike Schnaidt1Wieland Heuer1Maximilian Pichlmaier2Christian Kühn2Axel Haverich2Meike Stiesch1

Sources: 1 Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomedical Material Sciences, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany2 Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation- and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013, 8:73 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-8-73