Pacemakers

Case Report

Successful Percutaneous Retrieval of a Leadless Pacemaker From the Pulmonary Artery

07/08/2018

We report a case of a leadless pacemaker embolization to the pulmonary artery and the potential difficulties with successful retrieval. Combining the theorized retrieval instructions with the experience of this case, we propose a retrieval...

We report a case of a leadless...

07/08/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Pacemaker Reuse for Veterinary Patients: A CRM Rep Shares Her Story

03/08/2016

Annette Akers ;

In this article, Annette Akers, who has an extensive background working in the medical device industry, discusses how her experience in EP recently hit home. In early 2015, I walked in the door of my apartment and as usual my 11-year-old...

In this article, Annette Akers,...

03/08/2016

EP Lab Digest

Case Study

Olfactory Groove Meningioma Initially Identified as an Incidental Finding During Phase A of the ProMRI Clinical Trial

09/07/2015

William M. Bailey , MD, FHRS;

Use of an MR conditional pacemaker provided symptomatic relief of the patient’s bradycardia and chronotropic incompetence, as well as imaging for long-term follow-up of olfactory groove meningioma.

Use of an MR conditional...

09/07/2015

EP Lab Digest

Transplanting Gene into Injured Hearts Creates Biological Pacemakers

08/06/2014

Cardiologists at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have developed a minimally invasive gene transplant procedure that changes unspecialized heart cells into “biological pacemaker” cells that keep the heart steadily beating.

Cardiologists at the...

08/06/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Reevaluation of the Indications for Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

01/29/2014

Jiranut Cholteesupachai , MD;

Poay Huan Loh , MBBS, MD;

Olaf Franzen , MD;

Julie Bjerre Thygesen , MD;

Lars Søndergaard , MD, DMSc;

Conduction abnormalities (CA) requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) are a well-known complication after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This study aimed to determine the incidence of TAVI-related PPM and reevaluate the...

Conduction abnormalities (CA)...

01/29/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy Shortly After Pacemaker Placement

11/01/2013

Andre Dias , MD;

Emiliana Franco , MD;

Victor Usatii , MD;

Cardiac catheterization from radial artery access is observed to cause increased heart rate via oversensing in ipsilateral rate adaptive pacemaker. The mechanism of this phenomenon is discussed.

Cardiac catheterization from...

11/01/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology