Treatment of Localized Implantable Cardiac Device Pocket Infections

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 17;81(2):134-135. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.018.

Authors

Anne B Curtis¹, Aamir Ahmed²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. Electronic address: abcurtis@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.

PMID: 36631207
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.018

No abstract available

Keywords: defibrillator; infection; lead extraction; pacemaker.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable* / adverse effects
Device Removal
Heart
Heart Diseases* / therapy
Humans
Pacemaker, Artificial* / adverse effects
Prosthesis-Related Infections* / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections* / etiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections* / therapy