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

SAN DIEGO, CA—Among patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) undergoing tricuspid valve interventions, performing concurrent lead extraction does not appear to carry excess risks, ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – For those who wear pacemakers or ICD devices for their heart, the leads or wires that connect the devices to the heart can become infected or malfunction over time, which makes it ...

Only 15 of 1,086 (1.4%) cardiac device patients who underwent TTE were found to have thrombus adhered to a device lead without the diagnosis of endocarditis. These 15 patients comprised our study ...

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 ...