REducing INFectiOns thRough Cardiac device Envelope: insight from real world data. The REINFORCE project.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Infections resulting from cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation are severely impacting on patients' and on health care systems. The use of TYRXTM absorbable antibiotic-eluting envelope has proven to decrease major CIED infections within 12 months of CIED surgery. The aim is to evaluate the impact of the envelope use on infection-related clinical events in a real-world contemporary patient population.

Methods and results

Data on patients undergoing CIED surgery were collected prospectively by participating centers of the One Hospital ClinicalService project. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether TYRXTM absorbable antibiotic-eluting envelope was used or not. Out of 1819 patients, 872 (47.9%) were implanted with an absorbable antibi

SUBMITTER: Ziacchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature