Background: The perioperative management of patients receiving oral anticoagulation therapy
(OAC) who undergo pacemaker (PM) and defibrillator (ICD) surgery remains controversial…

Background Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has been associated with cardiac rhythm device (CRD)
implantation with intracardiac lead insertion. However, data on the incidence of …

Background We aimed to establish diagnostic criteria for bleeding independently associated
with mortality after noncardiac surgery (BIMS) defined as bleeding during or within 30 days …

Background Use of communication devices in the hospital environment remains controversial.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) can affect different medical devices. Potential sources …

Objective: In cochlear implant recipients, the threshold of the electrically evoked compound
action potential (ECAP) has been shown to correlate with the perceptual detection threshold …

Importance Although major bleeding is among the most common and prognostically important
perioperative complications, the relative timing of bleeding events is not well established. …

Background: While some studies indicate that permanent pacemaker implantation is associated
with development of tricuspid regurgitation (TR), other studies indicate no association. …

Given the increasing numbers of cardiac device implantations worldwide, it is important to
determine whether permanent endocardial leads across the tricuspid valve can promote …

Background Diagnostic criteria for Bleeding Independently associated with Mortality after
noncardiac Surgery (BIMS) have been defined as bleeding that leads to a postoperative …

Inappropriate shocks delivered by the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are an
increasingly recognized complication. The most frequent cause is related to supraventricular …