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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Xcardia Innovation Ltd., following the February FDA 510(k) clearance of its device for cardiac pacemaker and ...

BOSTON — Cardiac pacemakers save countless lives by prompting balky hearts to beat regularly. It’s not a big deal to implant one: The device and its battery slide into a pocket made under the skin of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC - News) today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan has approved product reimbursement to ...

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.

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 ...