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December 11, 2019
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Implantable cardiac device infections affect cost, quality of life, mortality

PHILADELPHIA — In a new analysis from the WRAP-IT trial, patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices, or CIEDs, who had major infections from their devices had higher rates of mortality, higher costs and worse quality of life compared with those who did not.