Abstract 15562: Incidence and Risk Factors of Device-related Infection in De Novo Transvenous Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator Medicare Patients

IntroductionPractice guidelines recommend use of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients (pts) at risk of sudden cardiac death and high risk for infection. This has prompted a need to better identify pts at high risk of infection to assist in de novo device selection....

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Published in:	Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 142; no. Suppl_3 Suppl 3; p. A15562
Main Authors:	El-Chami, Mikhael F, Jacobsen, Caroline M, Griffiths, Robert I, Hansen, Linda K, Wold, Nicholas, Amorosi, Stacey L, Stivland, Timothy M, Knight, Bradley P, Weiss, Raul, Mark, George E, Biffi, Mauro, Probst, Vincent, Lambiase, Pier D, Miller, Marc A, Baddour, Larry M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association, Inc 17-11-2020
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