The vast majority of Medicare beneficiaries with infection of a cardiac implanted electronic device (CIED) don’t have their hardware removed within 30 days, contrary to guideline recommendations, and ...

Cataract Extraction: One Area of Infection Risk and Surveillance Focus The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sean D. Pokorney, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and member in ...

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 ...

Background and aims Over the past decades, high-volume lead extraction centres gained broad experience in advanced ...

Lead extraction is a specialized procedure used to remove wires from pacemakers or defibrillators when they become infected, ...