Phage therapy for cardiac implantable electronic devices and vascular grafts: a targeted literature review

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• What: In this review the authors aim to collect the available evidence for the clinical application of phage therapy for CIED and graft infections through research. By contrast, the work by Simpsonet et_al constitutes a systematic review that extensively searches multiple databases with the aim to "review the evidence base for safety and efficacy" of the use of phage therapy in cardiovascular surgery . In this review, the authors found that most of the clinical indications were LVAD infections, which are usually affected by higher mortality compared to other CIED infections , and prosthetic vascular graft infections, which can . . .
  

   

  

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