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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Xcardia Innovation Ltd., following the February FDA 510(k) clearance of its device for cardiac pacemaker and ...

Infections associated with pacemaker or implantable defibrillator systems, even when limited to the subcutaneous pocket, generally call for removal of the pulse-generator and leads. But alternative ...

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 – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sean D. Pokorney, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and member in ...

When extracts of a medical device are required for a biocompatibility test protocol, a current practice is to follow the guidance in ISO 10993 Biological evaluation of medical devices–Part 12: Sample ...

said state police are using cell phone data extraction devices — which are capable of bypassing passwords in some instances and extracting text messages, pictures, videos and other personal data — to ...