Every tenth patient with a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
implanted is expected to have at least one lead problem in his lifetime. However …

Transcatheter leadless pacemakers (TLPs) are the latest major innovation in cardiac
implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) and have been shown to be a safe and effective …

Aims The decision to abandon or extract superfluous leads remains controversial. We
sought to compare procedural outcome of patients with and without abandoned leads …

Simple Summary According to our analysis of the multicenter EORP ELECTRa (European
Lead Extraction ConTRolled) Registry, about one-third of the candidates to complete …

Aim The aim of our study was to characterize specific tissue reaction of encapsulating lead
tissue in patients who underwent transvenous lead removal and evaluate condition of the …

Segmented polyurethane multiblock polymers containing polydimethylsiloxane and
polyether soft segments form tough and easily processed thermoplastic elastomers (PDMS …

Accelerated in vitro biostability studies are useful for making relativistic comparisons
between materials. However, no in vitro study can completely replicate the complex …

Aims The presence of intracardiac lead vegetations (ILV) is one of the important criteria for
diagnosis of lead-related infective endocarditis (LRIE). The objective of the present study …

Background Abrasion of the outer insulation in crush syndrome and in the pocket region is a
common cause of endocardial lead failure. Lead fracture at the level of the tricuspid valve …

Although silicone‐based polyurethanes have demonstrated increased oxidative stability,
there have been conflicting reports of the long‐term hydrolytic stability of Optim™ and …