Predictors of long-term mortality after transvenous lead
extraction of an infected cardiac device: a risk prediction model for
sustainable care delivery.
Maria Lucia Narducci1*, Eleonora
Ruscio1*, Nurchis Mario Cesare2,3,
Pascucci Domenico2,4, Roberto
Scacciavillani1, Gianluigi
Bencardino1, Francesco Perna1, Gemma
Pelargonio1,5, Massimo Massetti1,5,
Gianfranco Damiani2,4, Filippo Crea5
1 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico
Universitario A. Gemelli
IRCCS, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione
Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
3 School of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome,
Italy
4 Department of Health Sciences and Public Health, Section of Hygiene,
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
5 Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome,
Italy