Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention and management of implantable cardiac electronic device infection. Report of a joint Working Party project on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC, host organization), British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS), British Cardiovascular Society (BCS), British Heart Valve Society (BHVS) and British Society for Echocardiography (BSE)

Sandoe, Jonathan; Barlow, Gavin; B. Chambers, John; D. Gammage, Michael; Guleri, Achyut; Howard, Philip; Olson, Ewan; D. Perry, John; Prendergast, Bernard; Spry, Michael; P. Steeds, Richard; H. Tayebjee, Muzahir; Watkin, Richard

doi:10.1093/jac/dku383

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Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention and management of implantable cardiac electronic device infection. Report of a joint Working Party project on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC, host organization), British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS), British Cardiovascular Society (BCS), British Heart Valve Society (BHVS) and British Society for Echocardiography (BSE)

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Oct 29, 2014

Authors:

Jonathan Sandoe

Gavin Barlow

John B. Chambers

Abstract

Infections related to implantable cardiac electronic devices (ICEDs), including pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, are increasing in incidence in the USA and are likely to increase in the UK, because more devices are being implanted. These d...

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Guideline

Medicine

Intensive care medicine

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