The wearable cardioverter defibrillator as a bridge to reimplantation in patients with ICD or CRT-D-related infections
Abstract Background The approach to treat device infection in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) is a challenging procedure. Optimal treatment is complete extraction of the infected device. To protect these patients f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0669-2 |