Our recommendations for duration of antimicrobial therapy after removal of the infected device are summarized in Figure 4. While CIED pocket infection may be treated with intravenous or oral ...

The term cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) applies to modern pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), implantable loop recorders, and hemodynamic monitors.

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), such as pacemakers and defibrillators, are essential for managing various heart conditions. However, infections associated with these devices pose ...

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

Much has changed since the 2013 document came out, with new information on pacing devices, techniques, and more.

"Pacemakers are designed just to keep the heart from going too slow…that's the simplest type of cardiac implantable electronic device," cardiologist Dr. Bruce Wilkoff explained in a Cleveland ...

“This is the first prospective study to show that remotely monitored cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) data, summarised as a risk score, can be used to predict mortality. “This ...

has published guidelines calling for the use of a remote heart monitoring pathway in people with cardiac implantable electronic devices, such as pacemakers, living with heart failure. Elsewhere ...

The past 20 years have witnessed remarkable progress in the evolution of transcatheter procedures for the treatment of adult patients with congenital heart disease. In this Review, Rodés-Cabau ...

Nerve stimulators and implantable cardiac pacemakers Medical ... are known as active implanted devices. Although the first electronic pacemaker was implanted in Sweden in 1958, the lithium iodine ...

Stopping blood thinners before or during surgery for a CIED may result in little to no difference in undesirable outcomes such as blood clots or bleeding events when compared to taking them ...