ALLMedicine™ Pacemakers Center

Jan 31st, 2023 - Leadless pacemakers (LP) were introduced into clinical practice in 2016 when the Micra LP received FDA approval. Since then, more than 150,000 Micra have been implanted worldwide. In April 2022, the AVEIR LP was FDA approved. Implantation of these...

Jan 29th, 2023 - Radiation therapy (RT) may pose acute and long-term risks for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), including pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). We conducted a systematic review and meta-an...

Jan 21st, 2023 - In a recent trial, tricuspid annuloplasty (TA) during mitral valve surgery (MVS) for degenerative mitral regurgitation and moderate or less tricuspid regurgitation (TR) reduced the composite rate of death, reoperation for TR, or TR progression at ...

Dec 24th, 2022 - Despite being a prerequisite for tailoring specific therapeutic interventions, knowledge of pattern and prevalence of clinically significant psychiatric symptomatology among patients with cardiac pacemakers (PMs), especially of symptoms of posttra...

Dec 23rd, 2022 - Chronic right ventricular (RV) pacing can induce left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony and cause pacemaker induced cardiomyopathy (PiCM). Identifying which patients are at risk for PiCM is limited. Patients receiving RV-only permanent pacemakers (PPM...

Aug 6th, 2021 - Boston Scientific has recalled the INGENIO family of pacemakers and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-Ps) because the devices may incorrectly transition to safety mode. Safety mode on the devices is intended to provide backup if th...

Jun 9th, 2021 - Further evidence that powerful magnets in some Apple iPhones can interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) comes from a small study that also suggests some devices are more susceptible than others. The iPhone 12 Pro Max with Ma...

Jun 27th, 2018 - Patients who got the Nanostim leadless pacemaker instead of a transvenous one had fewer complications through up to 18 months of follow-up, researchers said. Those receiving the leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) generally had fewer complications th...

Nov 14th, 2016 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aims to cover leadless pacemakers, but only in the context of use in FDA-approved studies, according to a draft of the agency's national coverage determination for the devices. The document details the ...

Jun 29th, 2015 - MILAN, ITALY — Women are being short-changed when it comes to receiving cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), which is especially concerning because they actually have higher survival rates than men after implantation of certain device t...