The vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries with infection of a cardiac implanted electronic device (CIED) don’t have their hardware removed within 30 days, contrary to guideline recommendations, and ...

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 – ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, save and extend lives. They are amazingly reliable and effective, but even the best tool comes with ...

Nearly 700,000 people in the United States die from heart disease every year, and one-third of those deaths result from complications in the first weeks or months following a traumatic heart-related ...

Pacemaker electrodes visible through the dehisced wound (left) and healed device pocket at 1-year follow-up (right). Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol. Central Illustration (adapted). When device/lead ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, whose work showed how to extract faulty cardiac device leads safely, has died. Wilkoff, ...

Researchers have developed a soft, flexible, wireless device to monitor and treat heart disease and dysfunction in the days, weeks or months following traumatic heart-related events. And, after the ...