Evidence-Based Strategies to Promote Long-Term Cardiac Implant Site Health: Review of the Literature
Open Access
- 31 January 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cureus
- Vol. 13 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13027
Abstract
Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are commonly used nowadays. The association between CIED placement and infections is responsible for the high mortality and device explantation rate. Since CIED placement has increased in the past decade, CIED-related complications have risen. In order to reduce the CIED-related complications rate, the prevention of device infection represents the main goal. Over time, many different studies have proven the importance of the measures to prevent CIED-related infections. This review aims to collect the actual recommendations for CIED infection prevention, providing an overview of the main evidence-based strategies.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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