ORLANDO, Florida — Transvenous extraction of unused pacemaker or defibrillator leads poses a higher risk for death as an acute complication when it's performed by using a laser-based extraction sheath ...

It’s likely that someone you know has a pacemaker. An estimated 3 million Americans live with pacemakers, which send electronic pulses to help their hearts maintain a normal beat and rhythm. Since ...

Typical balloon placement and pretreatment sites relative to pacing/defibrillation leads. Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Central Illustration (adapted). Pacemaker and defibrillator leads encased ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC - News) today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan has approved product reimbursement to ...

The final assembly composed of a reusable section represented in blue and the disposable sections represented in gray. For simplicity, the complete drive shaft shown in black extends beyond image.

Roughly one out of every five patients with an implantable device who is undergoing lead extraction will have incidental thrombi found on the transvenous leads, new prospective data show. The clots ...

When someone’s heart skips a beat or beats too fast, doctors implant pacemakers to create a normal heart rhythm. But with those lifesaving implants comes the risk of infection. Muriel Smith is a ...

Doctors at a hospital in Kolkata have successfully treated a 76-year-old male patient from Patna in Bihar, who had been battling a recurring pacemaker-related infection for nearly a decade, caused by ...