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- The first monograph on CIED-related infections combining evidence from literature, daily clinical practice and new technical features
- Presents a globally relevant topic in terms of clinical impact and costs both for patients and healthcare systems
- Addresses a multidisciplinary audience, including cardiologists, experts in infectious diseases, electrophysiologists, researchers and health care providers
This is the first book entirely devoted to infections due to cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED), a highly complex clinical issue and one of the most serious complications for CIED carriers in terms of morbidity, mortality and associated costs. It discusses identifying the factors underlying the onset and development of infections, as well as choosing the most appropriate diagnostic tools. The authors also provide practical guidance on how to manage these complex patients: from how to select the best antibiotic therapy and how to correctly perform a lead extraction or a CIED re-implantation, to strategically managing the follow-up. Lastly, the book describes in detail the state of the art and the future perspectives of integrated hub-and-spoke systems in the management of both acutely and chronically affected patients. Given its multidisciplinary approach, the volume is of interest to a broad range of readers, such as cardiologists, experts in infectious diseases, electrophysiologists, researchers and healthcare providers. Table of Contents- 1. Infection of Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices: An Emerging Epidemiological Issue
- 2. Microbiological Background: Biofilm, Culturing and Antibiotics
- 3. The Risk Factors for Cardiac Device Infections: Patient, Physician, Device and Procedure
- 4. Cardiac Device Infections: A Lesson from the Registries
- 5. Building up the Diagnosis of Cardiac Device Infections: The Role of Iimaging
- 6. From Diagnosis of Cardiac Device Infection to Complete Extraction of the System
- 7. Re-implantation Strategy After Lead Extraction for Cardiac Device Infection
- 8. Follow-up and Prognosis After System Removal for Cardiac Device Infection
- 9. Management of Infection of Cardiac Implantable Devices in a Hub-and-spoke Perspective
- 10. Prevention of Cardiac Device Infection: New Implantable Devices
- 11. Prevention of Cardiac Device Infection: Procedural Aspects, Drugs and Preventive Tools
- 12. Prevention of Cardiac Device Infection: Indications, Device Programming, Patient Follow-up
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