Use of healthcare claims to validate the Prevention of Arrhythmia Device Infection Trial cardiac implantable electronic device infection risk score.
Fozia Zahir AhmedCarina Blomström-LundqvistHeather BloomChristopher CooperChristopher EllisAndreas GoetteArnold J GreensponCharles J LoveJens Brock JohansenFrançois PhilipponKhaldoun G TarakjiReece HolbrookLou SherfeseeYing XiaSwathi SeshadriDaniel R LexcenAndrew D KrahnPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
The PADIT risk score predicts increased CIED infection risk, identifying higher risk patients that could potentially benefit from targeted interventions to reduce the risk of CIED infection. Prior CIED infection confers incremental predictive value to the PADIT score.