Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection rates are increasing. Worldwide compliance and disparities to published guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of these conditions are not well elucidated. The purpose of this survey, therefore, was to clarify these issues through an inquiry to arrhythmia-related associations and societies worldwide.

Clinical practice and implementation of guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: results of a worldwide survey under the auspices of the European Heart Rhythm Association

Erba, Paola Anna;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection rates are increasing. Worldwide compliance and disparities to published guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of these conditions are not well elucidated. The purpose of this survey, therefore, was to clarify these issues through an inquiry to arrhythmia-related associations and societies worldwide.
2019
Traykov, Vassil; Bongiorni, Maria Grazia; Boriani, Giuseppe; Burri, Haran; Costa, Roberto; Dagres, Nikolaos; Deharo, Jean-Claude; Epstein, Laurence M; Erba, Paola Anna; Snygg-Martin, Ulrika; Nielsen, Jens Cosedis; Poole, Jeanne E; Saghy, Laszlo; Starck, Christoph; Strathmore, Neil; Blomström-Lundqvist, Carina
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