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- Title
Pocket Hematoma: A Call for Definition.
- Authors
DE SENSI, FRANCESCO; MIRACAPILLO, GENNARO; CRESTI, ALBERTO; SEVERI, SILVA; AIRAKSINEN, KARI EINO JUHANI
- Abstract
Pocket hematoma is a common complication of cardiac implantable electronic device procedures and a potential risk factor for device infections, especially in patients on oral anticoagulation or antiplatelet treatment. There is a wide variability in the incidence of pocket hematoma and bleeding complications in the literature and the major cause for this seems to be the variability of the used definitions for hematomas. The lack of generally accepted definition for pocket hematoma renders the comparisons across the studies difficult. In this article, we briefly review the current literature on this issue and propose a uniform definition for pocket hematoma and criteria for grading the severity of hematoma in clinical practice and research.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS; HEART diseases; INFECTION risk factors; HEMATOLOGIC agents; HEMATOMA; SEVERITY of illness index; HEART assist devices; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 8, p909
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pace.12665