2015 ESC guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: the task force for the management of infective endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology …

G Habib, P Lancellotti, MJ Antunes… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
LRRC4 is a novel relatively specific gene, which displays significant down-regulation in
primary brain tumor biopsies and has the potential to suppress brain tumor growth. In this …

Risk factors for cardiac implantable electronic device infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Polyzos, AA Konstantelias, ME Falagas - Ep Europace, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Infectious complications after cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation are
increasing over time and are associated with substantial mortality and healthcare costs. The …

Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery

DW Bratzler, EP Dellinger, KM Olsen, TM Perl… - Surgical …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

Complications after cardiac implantable electronic device implantations: an analysis of a complete, nationwide cohort in Denmark

RE Kirkfeldt, JB Johansen, EA Nohr… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Complications after cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) treatment, including
permanent pacemakers (PMs), cardiac resynchronization therapy devices with defibrillators …

A self-powered intracardiac pacemaker in swine model

Z Liu, Y Hu, X Qu, Y Liu, S Cheng, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Harvesting biomechanical energy from cardiac motion is an attractive power source for
implantable bioelectronic devices. Here, we report a battery-free, transcatheter, self …

Update on cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections and their management: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

LM Baddour, AE Epstein, CC Erickson, BP Knight… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Despite improvements in cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) design,
application of timely infection control practices, and administration of antibiotic prophylaxis at …

Transvenous lead extraction: Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus on facilities, training, indications, and patient management: this document was endorsed by the …

BL Wilkoff, CJ Love, CL Byrd, MG Bongiorni… - Heart …, 2009 - heartrhythmjournal.com
Perceptions of lead reliability, performance, complications and approaches to management
have evolved dramatically since the inception of pacemaker and implantable defibrillator …

Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention and management of implantable cardiac electronic device infection. Report of a joint Working Party project on behalf of the …

JAT Sandoe, G Barlow, JB Chambers… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Infections related to implantable cardiac electronic devices (ICEDs), including pacemakers,
implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, are …

Infection after pacemaker implantation: infection rates and risk factors associated with infection in a population-based cohort study of 46299 consecutive patients

JB Johansen, OD Jørgensen, M Møller… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Infection is a serious complication of pacemaker (PM) systems. Although the rate of
infection has been debated, the figures are largely unknown. We therefore studied the …

Epidemiology of cardiac implantable electronic device infections: incidence and risk factors

HC Han, NM Hawkins, CM Pearman, DH Birnie… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection is a potentially devastating
complication of CIED procedures, causing significant morbidity and mortality for patients. Of …