A new study sheds light on a rare but highly dangerous complication associated with device implants: cardiac device infective endocarditis (CDIE). Approximately 10-23% of device infections result in CDIE, leading, in one estimate, to an overall rate of 1.14 cases per 1,000 device-years. In a paper published in JAMA, Eugene Athan and colleagues analyzed data from 3,284…
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