Overview
- The first monograph on CIED-related infections combining evidence from literature, daily clinical practice and new technical features
- Presents a globally relevant topic in terms of clinical impact and costs both for patients and healthcare systems
- Addresses a multidisciplinary audience, including cardiologists, experts in infectious diseases, electrophysiologists, researchers and health care providers
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This book systematically examines all aspects of this multifaceted condition, discussing each clinical and organizational issue in a separate self-contained chapter. It starts by reviewing the epidemiology/pathophysiology of CIED infections, and then addresses acute and long-term management. Offering a comprehensive overview of the prevention of infections, considering both current and future perspectives, the book also provides practical suggestions along with recommendations from the literature in the field. This is the first book entirely focused on CIED infections. Written by an international team of leading experts it will appeal to broad audience, including cardiologists, electrophysiologists, infectious disease specialists, internists, healthcare professionals, health service managers and providers, researchers and those working in industries involved in the field.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Giuseppe Boriani is Full Professor of Cardiology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Chief of the Cardiology Department of Modena University Hospital. He is Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and of the European Heart Rhythm Association (FEHRA). He is former member of the Board of the European Heart Rhythm Association and former Chair of the Health Economics Committee of the European Heart Rhythm Association and Past-President 2016-2018 of the Italian Society of Cardiac Pacing and Arrhythmology (AIAC).
His scientific activitywas mainly focused on arrhythmias, clinical electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiomyopathies – including neuromuscular diseases – clinical cardiology, pharmacoeconomics, clinical pharmacology of antiarrhythmic agents and antithrombotics. He is author or co-author of several books and 615 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infections of Cardiac Implantable Devices
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide
Editors: Igor Diemberger, Giuseppe Boriani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46255-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46254-3Published: 30 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46257-4Published: 30 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46255-0Published: 29 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 229
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Surgery, Nuclear Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine