Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of 300 patients across seven countries shows that used pacemakers, when properly ...

CHICAGO, IL—Reconditioned pacemakers carry the same low infection rate as new devices out to 90 days, according to preliminary data from the international My Heart Your Heart trial. The findings ...

A 2019 study by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, published in the journal PLOS One, found that over a two-year period the Trust dealt with 84 cases of pacemaker-related infections ...

"With reconditioned pacemakers, there is worry about whether the device will cause infection and whether it will function properly," Crawford said. "The 90-day endpoint of the My Heart Your Heart ...

These three randomized trials of pacing mode systematically captured early and late complications following pacemaker insertion ... hematoma, infection, and death. Lead fracture was considered ...

In patients who could not afford new devices on their own, use of so-called "reconditioned" pacemakers met criteria for non-inferiority on the basis of infections at 90 days compared with new ...

More than 20,000 pacemakers are implanted each year in India and the numbers are growing annually. Despite this, there is no ...

The electrophysiology team at Norton Heart & Vascular Institute has implanted the city’s first dual chamber leadless ...

"With reconditioned pacemakers, there is worry about whether the device will cause infection and whether it will function properly," Crawford said. "The 90-day endpoint of the My Heart Your Heart ...

Old” pacemakers may still work for years, so doctors are refurbishing used devices and donating them to patients in low- and middle-income countries.

Traditional pacemakers are connected to the heart through wires, but the new devices can be implanted directly into two ...