A new revolving mechanical sheath system could provide another tool in the armamentarium for cardiac lead extraction. The Cook Medical Evolution mechanical dilator sheath set, designed for the removal ...

February 5, 2010 (Washington, DC) — Transvenous extraction of implanted-device leads using a laser catheter is nearly always completed successfully and poses little risk of death or other major ...

Less than one out of every eight patients with infective endocarditis and a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) underwent recommended transvenous lead removal/extraction over a recent 4-year ...

On November 17, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital performed our first laser lead extraction. This innovative, specialized ...

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 ...

How long do pacemakers (and also internal cardiac defibrillators or ICDs) typically last and what causes the system’s lead wires to fail? The pacemaker or ICD unit, which is the implanted box or ...

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 – ...

Vandergrift, Pa. — Effective immediately, Cook Medical customers in the United States will again have access to its Evolution® RL and Evolution® Shortie RL Controlled-Rotation Dilator Sheath Sets.

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) has extracted a lead wire from pacemaker that was implanted in a 50-year-old woman without opening her heart. The extraction, which is considered risky, was ...

250 Pages of Market Study Conducted on the Pacemaker/Defibrillator Lead Extraction Kits Market by Fact.MR, a Market Research and Competitive Intelligence Provider Offers Vital Insights into Key ...