Researchers suggest patients with heart devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, face twice the risk of infection compared to the 1990s, according to U.S. News and World Report. Researchers ...

After a 3-hour flight, however, he developed dyspnea and leg edema, and CT pulmonary angiography confirmed acute PE. He was started on rivaroxaban (Xarelto); but while taking it, he experienced ...

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have challenged the widely held assumption in infectious disease research that blocking ...

Dallas, TX - Physicians treating people with pacemakers or other implanted cardiac devices who also develop Staphylococcus aureus infections should be keenly suspicious that the device will become ...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday open-heart surgery patients were at risk of acquiring life-threatening bacterial infections due to contamination of ...

This news comes amid a push within value-based care to ensure high-cost medical interventions deliver meaningful improvements ...

Two types of implantable cardioverter defibrillators can reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death with HCM. Pacemakers and implantable loop recorders also may be options.