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SUBMITTER: Diemberger I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9033150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diemberger Igor I Segreti Luca L Rinaldi Christopher A CA Svendsen Jesper Hastrup JH Kutarski Andrzej A Younis Arwa A Laroche Cécile C Leclercq Christophe C Małecka Barbara B Mitkowski Przemyslaw P Bongiorni Maria Grazia MG On Behalf Of The ELECTRa Investigators
Biology 20220418 4
Background: Infections of cardiac implantable devices (CIEDI) have poor outcomes despite improvement in lead extraction (TLE) procedures. Methods: To explore the influence of CIEDI on the outcomes of TLE and the differences between patients with systemic (Sy) vs. local (Lo) CIEDI, we performed a sub-analysis of the EORP ELECTRa (European Lead Extraction ConTRolled) Registry. Results: Among 3555 patients enrolled by 73 centers in 19 Countries, the indication for TLE was CIEDI in 1850: 1170 with L ...[more]