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- who: Stefan Borov from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the article: Salvage of infected cardiac implantable electronic device with taurolidine—a case report, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: Despite categorical guideline recommendation of complete system explantation for treatment of CIED infection [3], lead extraction requires special equipment and expertise, may not be readily available or acceptable to the patient, and is associated with a risk (however small) of very serious complications (e_g cardiac avulsion, vascular avulsion, haemothorax and cardiac tamponade) that may result in emergency open chest surgery or even death [20].
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