Less than one out of every eight patients with infective endocarditis and a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) underwent recommended transvenous lead removal/extraction over a recent 4-year ...

February 5, 2010 (Washington, DC) — Transvenous extraction of implanted-device leads using a laser catheter is nearly always completed successfully and poses little risk of death or other major ...

A new revolving mechanical sheath system could provide another tool in the armamentarium for cardiac lead extraction. The Cook Medical Evolution mechanical dilator sheath set, designed for the removal ...

May 13, 2009 (Boston, Massachusetts) – The Heart Rhythm Society has released an updated consensus statement on the extraction of leads used in pacemaker and implantable-defibrillator therapy [1]. In ...

How long do pacemakers (and also internal cardiac defibrillators or ICDs) typically last and what causes the system’s lead wires to fail? The pacemaker or ICD unit, which is the implanted box or ...

Mangaluru: Doctors at Omega Hospital Pvt Ltd successfully removed a 35-year-old embedded pacemaker lead in a rare and complex ...

This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Surgically implanted cardiac devices are quite common with more than one million cardiac pacemakers implanted every year worldwide – ...

Vandergrift, Pa. — Effective immediately, Cook Medical customers in the United States will again have access to its Evolution® RL and Evolution® Shortie RL Controlled-Rotation Dilator Sheath Sets.

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) has extracted a lead wire from pacemaker that was implanted in a 50-year-old woman without opening her heart. The extraction, which is considered risky, was ...

250 Pages of Market Study Conducted on the Pacemaker/Defibrillator Lead Extraction Kits Market by Fact.MR, a Market Research and Competitive Intelligence Provider Offers Vital Insights into Key ...