Facts Are Stubborn Things, but Statistics Are More Pliable*: Should We Use the Antimicrobial Envelope for Every Device Implant?
Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pasquale
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Santangeli
Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Francis E
FE
Marchlinski
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
AIGISRx®x; antimicrobial envelope; cardiac implantable electric device; implantable defibrillators; infection; pacemakers