Cardiac device infection: removing barriers to timely and adequate treatment

Dan Atar; Angelo Auricchio; Carina Blomström-Lundqvist

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehad490

Cardiac device infection: removing barriers to timely and adequate treatment

Eur Heart J. 2023 Sep 14;44(35):3323-3326. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad490.

Authors

Dan Atar^{1

2}, Angelo Auricchio³, Carina Blomström-Lundqvist^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Kirkeveien 166, 0450 Oslo, Norway.
² Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Kirkeveien 166, Soesterhjemmet, 0450 Oslo, Norway.
³ Division of Cardiology, Clinical Electrophysiology Unit, Instituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Medical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Abstract

Graphical Abstract

Addressing barriers to timely and adequate treatment of cardiac device infections can save lives. CIED, cardiac implantable electronic device; ID, infectious disease; TEE, transoesophageal echocardiograms; TTE, transthoracic echocardiograms.

MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable* / adverse effects
Heart Diseases*
Humans