WASHINGTON, DC — A new consensus statement released this week by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and nine other medical societies provides physicians practical clinical advice on cardiac implantable ...

Nevertheless, despite the recommendations to not routinely consider advanced age as one of the most important risk factors for periprocedural complications of transvenous lead extraction (TLE), ...

Introduction: As the global population ages and the use of cardiac implantable electronic devices increases, transvenous lead extraction (TLE) is being performed more frequently in elderly patients.

In patients with vegetative endocarditis related to cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), extracting the lead along with percutaneous mechanical debulking via vacuum aspiration of ...

SPONSORED — Lead extraction is a specialized procedure used to remove wires from pacemakers or defibrillators when they become infected, damaged, or unsafe to leave in place. Over time, these thin ...

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 ...

Cardiac lead extraction is safer in high volume centres, according to the largest study of contemporary practice in Europe published today in European Heart Journal. Extraction in a low volume centre ...

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 ...