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Antibiotic-Eluting Envelopes to Prevent Cardiac-Implantable Electronic Device Infection: Past, Present, and Future

Objective: Cardiac-implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In this review, we describe the risk factors and pathogenesis of CIED infections and review the rationale and the evidence for the use of antibiotic-eluting envelopes (ABEs) in...

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Autores principales: Xiang, Kun, Catanzaro, John N, Elayi, Claude, Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda, Sohail, Muhammad R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7948693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33728111
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13088