• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

From the 1Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, 2Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, Connecticut, 3Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western …

Pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy
devices are potentially life-saving treatments for a number of cardiac conditions, but are not …

Infective endocarditis (IE), initially described more than 350 years ago, involves infection of
the endocardial surface of the heart. The clinical manifestations of IE can involve every …

Infections related to implantable cardiac electronic devices (ICEDs), including pacemakers,
implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, are …

Importance Complete hardware removal is a class I recommendation for cardiovascular
implantable electronic device (CIED) infection, but practice patterns and outcomes remain …

The American Heart Association sponsored the first iteration of a scientific statement that
addressed all aspects of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection in 2010 …

Aims Infections of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are infrequent but carry
significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to assess risk factors for 1-year mortality …

Background Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)-associated infections are
associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and costs. Guidelines have cited …

Objective We performed a meta-analysis evaluating the use of fluorine-18-
fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) positron-emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography …