Real-world evidence on the association between cardiac implantable electronic device infection and all-cause mortality.

"Conflict of interest: This work was supported by Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd. through funding awarded to the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales. Authors from Medtronic Australasia (M.H., L.S., and G.C.) contributed to the study conception and design, interpreting data, critically reviewing the manuscript, and approving the manuscript. They had no access to the study data and did not participate in the statistical analysis. Authors from the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales (M.S., O.S.), performed the statistical analysis. Authors from the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales (M.S., O.S., and L.J.), contributed to the study conception and design, interpreting data, drafting, and critically reviewing and approving the manuscript and had the final responsibility for the decision to submit the paper for publication."

"Funding This study was funded by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Foundation of Australia (NHMRC) grant (#APP11447430) and Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd."