ORLANDO, Florida — Transvenous extraction of unused pacemaker or defibrillator leads poses a higher risk for death as an acute complication when it's performed by using a laser-based extraction sheath ...

February 5, 2010 (Washington, DC) — Transvenous extraction of implanted-device leads using a laser catheter is nearly always completed successfully and poses little risk of death or other major ...

It’s likely that someone you know has a pacemaker. An estimated 3 million Americans live with pacemakers, which send electronic pulses to help their hearts maintain a normal beat and rhythm. Since ...

The first case of laser pacemaker lead extraction in any government heart institution has been performed at the Department of Cardiology of the advanced cardiac institute of Ambedkar hospital in the ...

Using a laser to remove pacemaker and defibrillator wires implanted in heart muscle is as safe in people ages 80 and older as it is in younger people. Researchers found no important risk differences ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HEART RHYTHM 2010 – Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ:SPNC) today announced it will showcase a new advanced Laser Lead Extraction Simulation system at the Heart Rhythm Society ...

The Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing team at the Christian Medical College (CMC) here has successfully performed its first laser-assisted extraction of pacemaker leads [wires]. According to a ...

A new laser therapy saved a 72-year-old patient with infected pacemakers a potentially deadly condition that can lead to heart failure or even death, doctors from the Apollo Hospitals announced here ...

A new revolving mechanical sheath system could provide another tool in the armamentarium for cardiac lead extraction. The Cook Medical Evolution mechanical dilator sheath set, designed for the removal ...

Using laser technology, doctors of Apollo Hospitals performed an interventional procedure to remove the infected wires of a pacemaker from the heart of a 72-year-old man from Jharkhand. A. M.

The new Report on In Pacemaker/Defibrillator Lead Extraction Kits Market is a comprehensive study providing analysis on factors trend and drivers contributing to growth of the In ...