Researchers analyzed the surgery outcomes of 1,386 patients who underwent a device extraction procedure due to infection at Cleveland Clinic between August 1996 and September 2012. Of this patient ...

ATLANTA -- For patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-associated infections, a shorter course of antibiotics after lead extraction may be noninferior to a longer course for ...

Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK's leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device - despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than its rival ...