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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can be extracted safely and feasibly. S-ICD extraction was ...

Among the iddues that need to be considered, 2 key questions guide the clinical decision: whether the patient truly requires TLE and whether the indication for device therapy is still valid, as shown ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — The risk for complications from implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead revisions and extractions ...

A 75-year-old man with a complex cardiac history presented for pacemaker lead extraction. His history included a mechanical mitral valve replacement (Björk-Shiley 27M, Shiley Inc., Irvine, California, ...

Over the study period, 406 percutaneous extraction cases were performed. Of these, 72 (17.7%) were performed in octogenarians and 334 (82.3%) were performed in younger adults. The mean age at ...

The Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing team at the Christian Medical College (CMC) here has successfully performed its first laser-assisted extraction of pacemaker leads [wires]. According to a ...

Pacemaker lead extraction procedures have been introduced at Mater Dei Hospital. The Department of Cardiology over the past three weeks carried out the new procedure for the extraction of pacemakers ...