Observational, Retrospective, Single-center Study Aimed at Evaluating Long-term Outcomes Following Transvenous Lead Extraction of Infected Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.

Long Term Outcomes of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Transvenous Lead Extraction: a Single Center Retrospective

The study aims to review the centre experience in previous 20 years to understand clinical course of patients underwent TLE for lead and pocket infection, to better understand prognosis, re-implant indication, timing and strategy, and long term outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients ≥ 18 years.
• Patients who underwent explantation of a single-chamber, dual-chamber, or biventricular pacemaker, or an intracardiac defibrillator, due to pocket infection, lead-related infection, or endocarditis at San Raffaele Hospital between January 2004 and November 2020.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lack of active status of follow-up