CIEDs	Cardiac implantable electronic devices
PPMs	Permanent pacemakers
ICDs	Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators
CRT	Cardiac resynchronization therapy
CIED-RIE	Cardiac implantable electronic device-related infective endocarditis
ESC	European Society of Cardiology
ISCVID	International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases
ID-IRI	Infectious Diseases—International Research Initiative
CCI	Charlson comorbidity index
FDG-PET	Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
AKI	Acute Kidney Injury
TLE	Transvenous lead extraction
TTE	Transthoracic echocardiography
TEE	Transesophageal echocardiography
MR	Magnetic resonance
PET-CT	Positron emission tomography-computerize tomography
MSSA	Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRCoNS	Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci.
IQR	interquartile range