Transvenous lead extraction versus surgical lead extraction or conservative treatment for cardiac implantable electronic device infections: Propensity score-weighted analyses of a nationwide claim-based database.

Only 26% of patients hospitalized for CIED infections received TLE. TLE was associated with significantly lower in-hospital mortality and 30-day recurrence rates than surgical lead extraction and conservative treatment, suggesting that TLE should be more widely recommended as a first-line treatment for CIED infections.