Sex, Race, and Socioeconomic Disparities in the Utilization of Transvenous Lead Removal for Patients Hospitalized With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in the United States
This study identified significant disparities in the utilization of TLR among patients hospitalized for CIED infections. Female, Black, and Hispanic patients were significantly less likely to receive TLR.
Authors
- Muhammad Bilal Munir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9804-898X)
- Siddharth Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4293-435X)
- Yong‐Mei Cha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5897-9464)
- Zain Ul Abideen Asad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3110-7049)
- Alan Sugrue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-6968)
- Paul A. Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5052-2948)
- Siva K. Mulpuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-3617)
- Abhishek Deshmukh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9560-1102)
- Gurukripa N. Kowlgi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0913-3497)
- Daniel Christopher DeSimone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-0283)
- Christopher V. DeSimone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8420-4670)
- Justin Z. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-9243)
- Nicholas Y. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0365-9471)
- Samuel J. Asirvatham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-5536)
- Hossam Elbenawi
- Harsh Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7223-0265)
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (US)
- WinnMed (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.16758
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00