Guidelines
- Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Management (Baddour et al. Circulation. 2010;121:458–477.)
- European guidelines for the management of IE (Habib et al. Eur Heart J. 2015;36(44):3075-3128.)
- Lead Management and Extraction (Kusumoto et al. Heart Rhythm 2017;14(12):e503-550.)
- Intravascular catheter-related infections (Mermel et al. Clin Infect Dis 2009; 49:1–45.)
- Ventricular assist device-related infections (AST guidelines) Koval et al. Clin Transplant. 2019;e13552.
- Ventricular assist device-related infections (ISHLT guidelines) Kusne et al. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017;36(10).
Review articles
- Management of thoracic aortic graft infections. Bianco et al. J Card Surg. 2018;33(10):658-665.
Trials
- LVAD-specific infections were treated for 2 weeks after heart transplant successfully Esquer Garrigos et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020;7)8):ofaa303.
- Characteristics of PPM-lead endocarditis Klug et al. Circulation. 1997;95(8):2098-2107.
- For the dx of PPM-lead endocarditis, if TEE negative and high suspicion, need FDG-PET-CT or radiolabeled scintigraphy. Erba et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013;6(10):1075-1086.