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 ...

A 67-year-old man with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction had recurrent ventricular fibrillation that required insertion of temporary pacemaker. When a permanent pacemaker was inserted stable ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Prior research has established the subcutaneous ICD as a reasonable alternative to the transvenous ICD in ...

Despite being at higher risk of complications overall, Medicare beneficiaries who receive a Micra leadless pacemaker (Medtronic) fare better than those implanted with traditional transvenous systems, ...

MANCHESTER, UK — There have been many recent advances in cardiac rhythm management, notably the use of leadless pacemakers and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs), experts ...

There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...

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BATON ROUGE, La.- Dr. Robert Drennan, electrophysiologist at CIS, used the leadless pacemaker by Abbott Aveir™ on July 15, at Baton Rouge General Medical in the catheterization laboratory. Dr. Drennan ...

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...

MidMichigan's Heart and Vascular Program is now offering a new miniature leadless pacemaker implant for qualified patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. The MicraTM Transcatheter Pacing System, ...