Summary
This briefing examines the results of a US study which showed that 80% of patients that have an infection from a cardiac implant are not treated according to clinical practice guidelines, increasing their chances of death from infection. When patients with implantable cardiac devices have an infection, current guidelines state that these devices should be removed, however, this did not happen for the majority of the 1,065,549 Medicare patients included in the study that had a cardiac implant infection between 2006 and 2019.
Blog - Nearly 80% of patients with infection following cardiac implant not treated appropriately: study (5 April 2022)
https://www.medtechdive.com/news/patients-infection-cardiac-implant-not-treated-guidance-acc/621595/
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