Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can be extracted safely and feasibly. S-ICD extraction was ...

Patients who are undergoing transvenous lead extraction for a device-related infection have particularly high rates of complications and mortality during the initial hospital stay, new national US ...

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 ...

A novel risk stratification tool may predict lead extractions that are best performed in an operating room and those at lower risk that can be safely done in the device laboratory. "Although ...

According to the American Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, complications from tooth extractions occur in roughly 2-5% of cases — yet most of these complications stem from preventable aftercare ...