Advances in cardiac surgery toward the mid-20th century created a need for an artificial
means of stimulating the heart muscle. Initially developed as large external devices …

Aims The decision to abandon or extract superfluous leads remains controversial. We
sought to compare procedural outcome of patients with and without abandoned leads …

Infections involving cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) occur at different times
after device-related procedures. The aim of this study was to investigate the timing of onset …

Objective. Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) is the gold standard in the management of
patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED)‐related complications …

Introduction The increasing number of cardiac implantable electronic device complications
represents a current problem. Abandoned leads are difficult to manage, even because …

Infectious complications in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: risk factors,
prevention, and prognosis Page 1 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Cardiac device infections: risk factors …

Use of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) has been increasing
exponentially in the last two decades and is a critical component in the management of …

Background Lead‐dependent infective endocarditis (LDIE) is a serious and insidious
infective disease spreading along the leads to valve leaflets and endocardial surface. LDIE …

Aims The presence of intracardiac lead vegetations (ILV) is one of the important criteria for
diagnosis of lead-related infective endocarditis (LRIE). The objective of the present study …

The specific role of the various pathogens causing cardiac implantable electronic devices-
(CIEDs)-related infections requires further understanding. The data of 1241 patients …