Dallas, TX - Physicians treating people with pacemakers or other implanted cardiac devices who also develop Staphylococcus aureus infections should be keenly suspicious that the device will become ...

Procedure-related infection rates were similar with reconditioned and new pacemakers, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025. Explaining the ...

Risk of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection and resulting mortality hinged on the timing and extent of infection, which may ultimately come down to the type of procedure that the ...

Any resistance to the reuse of implantable devices with years of remaining life in them often come from concerns that they pose a high risk for infection in the new recipient. But decades of ...

There is no increased risk of infection among patients who receive extracted and sterilized pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) compared with those given a brand-new device, ...

Around 3 million Americans live with a pacemaker - a small electronic device that helps regulate their heart rate. As ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My son had a pacemaker placed in 2013 and got it checked every four months. He developed an ulcer on his coccyx. He was being seen every two or three weeks in a wound clinic, and I was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The My Heart Your Heart study compared reconditioned pacemakers with that of new pacemakers among patients in ...

CHICAGO -- Secondhand permanent pacemaker use in poorer countries, following thorough cleaning and repackaging, has not resulted in patient harm so far, according to the My Heart Your Heart trialists.

Implanted after the monarch, 87, contracted an infection, the device is intended to aid in transporting him back to Norway, his royal house said. By Isabella Kwai King Harald V of Norway received a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My son had a pacemaker placed in 2013 and got it checked every four months. He developed an ulcer on his coccyx. He was being seen every two or three weeks in a wound clinic, and I was ...