Sean D Pokorney
Sean D Pokorney
Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are being implanted at increasing rates. Patients with CIEDs require more lead management in contemporary clinical practice, given the increased survival of heart failure patients. There are mu...
Robert D Schaller,Emily P Zeitler,Anne Kroman
Robert D Schaller
Transvenous lead extraction (TLE) has evolved significantly since the introduction of cardiac pacing systems in the 1950s. The need for TLE has grown due to the increasing complexity of cardiac devices and patients, alongside rising infecti...
An Approach to Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Pocket Infections: From Prevention to Diagnosis and Management [0.03%]
心脏植入式电子装置囊袋感染的防治策略：从预防到诊断和治疗
Corrado De Marco,Blandine Mondésert,Michaël Desjardins et al.
Corrado De Marco et al.
Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections are a highly morbid and potentially fatal complication of CIED implantation. Prompt diagnosis is paramount to the proper management of such infections. This review seeks to highlight t...
How to Approach Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices and Bacteremia [0.03%]
心血管植入式电子设备伴菌血症患者如何诊疗？
Tiffany Ying Hu,Jay Alan Montgomery
Tiffany Ying Hu
The approach to a patient with a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) and bacteremia requires a high index of suspicion. The microorganism and duration of bacteremia affect the pretest probability of CIED infection. When transesopha...
Anand Thiyagarajah,Marc Strik,Sylvain Ploux et al.
Anand Thiyagarajah et al.
Transvenous lead failure associated with cardiac pacing and defibrillation remains an important clinical problem, with an estimated incidence between 1 to 2%. Oversensing of non-physiological signals usually precede lead impedance changes a...
Charles Yao-Cheng Ho,Martin K Stiles
Charles Yao-Cheng Ho
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce sudden cardiac death (SCD) and improve survival in patients with a history of life-threatening arrhythmia or sudden cardiac arrest, and in select populations at high risk of SCD due to v...
John D Larson,Michael Lloyd
John D Larson
The last several years have witnessed an abundance of new and disruptive cardiac implantable electronic device innovations. These can be categorized in terms of cardiac pacing, noncardiac electrical stimulation, and leadless technology. A w...
Ajay Pillai,Jose F Huizar,Jayanthi N Koneru et al.
Ajay Pillai et al.
Transvenous leads continue to be the standard means to deliver bradyarrhythmia and tachyarrhythmia device therapy. Risk factors for cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) infection or complications of transvenous lead extraction (TLE...
Olujimi A Ajijola,Tolga Aksu
Olujimi A Ajijola
Yuki Kuwabara,Benjamin Wong,Aman Mahajan et al.
Yuki Kuwabara et al.
The cardiac autonomic nervous system plays a key role in maintaining normal cardiac physiology, and once disrupted, it worsens the cardiac disease states. Neuromodulation therapies have been emerging as new treatment options, and various te...