A recent study found permanent pacemaker infection (PPMI) in 2.09% patients, with infections more prevalent in devices ...

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 ...

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 ...

Procedure-related infection rates were similar with reconditioned and new pacemakers, according to late-breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2025. Explaining the ...

The use of adhesive iodine-impregnated drapes led to lower swab culture positivity and fewer infections in patients undergoing repeat implantation of electronic devices to maintain normal rhythm, ...

Share on Pinterest SARS-CoV-2 can infect the heart’s pacemaker cells, causing rhythm problems. the_burtons/Getty Images All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of ...

A man died after his pacemaker, installed just over a year earlier, became infected, an inquest heard. Derek John Everiss died at the Royal Blackburn Hospital on May 30 this year. The 82-year-old, ...

A Stockport mum died after she was made to wait months for the NHS to take action on an infection around her pacemaker. Honoria Culshaw, from Hazel Grove, went to her GP in March 2024 showing signs of ...