By contrast, a very recent retrospective analysis on 27,830 Canadian patients (followed for 1 year from 2011 to 2019) showed that patients with implants after 2014 had a decreasing trend in burden of infection, which the authors considered mainly related to enhanced infection prevention and control efforts in Alberta, Canada.
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New advances in management and treatment of cardiac implantable electronic devices infections.
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In addition, several studies showed an increasing trend of CDIs likely due to an increase in the implant of these devices, an increase in age and comorbidities although certainly with a regional disparity.