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 ...

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 – ...

ATLANTA -- For patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-associated infections, a shorter course of antibiotics after lead extraction may be noninferior to a longer course for ...

Certain Boston Scientific defibrillation leads are subject to potential shock coil calcification that can result in reduced shock efficacy, according to an alert released by the company, the Heart ...

Infections associated with pacemaker or implantable defibrillator systems, even when limited to the subcutaneous pocket, generally call for removal of the pulse-generator and leads. But alternative ...