Society guideline links: Infections involving cardiac implantable electronic devices

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Cardiac implantable electronic devices".)

Canada

●Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS)/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society (CHRS): Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator society guidelines, 2016 (published 2017)

United States

●Heart Rhythm Society (HRS): Expert consensus statement on cardiovascular implantable electronic device lead management and extraction (2017)

United Kingdom

●British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), British Heart Rhythm Society (BHRS), British Cardiovascular Society (BCS), British Heart Valve Society (BHVS) and British Society for Echocardiography (BSE): Guidelines for the diagnosis, prevention and management of implantable cardiac electronic device infection (2014)