Cost-Effectiveness of an Antibacterial Envelope for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection Prevention in the US Healthcare System From the WRAP-IT Trial

L. Wilkoff, Bruce; Boriani, Giuseppe; Mittal, Suneet; E. Poole, Jeanne; Kennergren, Charles; Ralph Corey, G.; D. Krahn, Andrew; J. Schloss, Edward; Gallastegui, Jose; A. Pickett, Robert; Evonich, Rudolph; F. Roark, Steven; Sorrentino, Denise; P. Sholevar, Darius; M. Cronin, Edmond; J. Berman, Brett; W. Riggio, David; Khan, Hafiza; T. Silver, Marc; Collier, Jack; Eldadah, Zayd; Holbrook, Reece; Lande, Jeff; R. Lexcen, Daniel; Seshadri, Swathi; G. Tarakji, Khaldoun

doi:10.1161/circep.120.008503

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Cost-Effectiveness of an Antibacterial Envelope for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection Prevention in the US Healthcare System From the WRAP-IT Trial

Published in Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology • Sep 11, 2020

Authors:

Bruce L. Wilkoff

Giuseppe Boriani

Suneet Mittal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the WRAP-IT trial (Worldwide Randomized Antibiotic Envelope Infection Prevention), adjunctive use of an absorbable antibacterial envelope resulted in a 40% reduction of major cardiac implantable electronic device infection without increased risk of complication in 6983 patients underg...

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Medicine

Intensive care medicine

Health care

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