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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Published in:	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Main Authors:	L. Castro, S. Pecha, M. Linder, J. Vogler, N. Gosau, C. Meyer, S. Willems, H. Reichenspurner, S. Hakmi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-11-01
Subjects:	Wearable cardioverter defibrillator CIED-infection ICD infection Sudden cardiac arrest Lead/ device extraction Ventricular tachycardia
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0669-2