An indication for a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in a patient with an intracardiac shunt requires a balancing of the risks and benefits associated with a transvenous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Transvenous ICD leads are associated with tricuspid regurgitation compared with subcutaneous ICDs. More research ...

Patients with intracardiac shunts might at some point require a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD). These patients may have numerous thrombotic risk factors, however, and ...

The implantable defibrillator with subcutaneous leads, designed in part to minimize the risk for potentially serious lead-related complications, has reached a milestone by turning in a "noninferior" ...

June 21, 2012 (Nice, France) — The next "disruptive" technology in pacemaker and ICD technology may be devices that do not have any transvenous leads or perhaps no leads at all [1]. The potential for ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) prevents most of the major lead-related complications seen with a transvenous system, the ATLAS ...

Patients who received a leadless pacemaker had similar rates of acute complications and survival at 30 days as those who received a transvenous VVI pacemaker, according to data presented at the ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioTrace Medical, Inc., the leader in innovative temporary cardiac pacing technology, today announced the company’s Tempo ® Temporary Pacing Lead was featured in a ...

The leads were removed with manual traction alone in 91% of the 341 patients, with a rate of 90% for leads attached to the His bundle and 92% for those placed in the left bundle branch area, ...

For older patients without an indication for pacing, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) provides results comparable to those seen with traditional ...

Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous pacemakers, a new study found. Patients receiving ...

Magnetic resonance scans appeared safe for people retaining unused cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) leads, according to a study that may help persuade CMS to remove its MRI coverage ...