Infections related to implantable pacemakers or cardioverters defibrillators are sometimes difficult to be diagnosed. Diificulties in the diagnosis include a low sensitivity of standard markers of inflammation such as C-reactive protein or white blood cell count and the diagnosis is mainly based on the clinical presentation. The observational DIRT-study evaluates if new biomarkers may be more suitable to support a diagnosis of device associated infections than the currently available ones.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
103
University Hospital Dubrava
Zagreb, Croatia
Krankenhaus Landshut-Achdorf
Landshut, Germany
Deutsches Herzzentrum
München, Germany
Ospedale San Pietro FBF
Rome, Italy
procalcitonine
procalcitonine is determined at inclusion and correlated to infectíon status
Time frame: no follow-up
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