Pacemakers & ICDs: When to Get Them and What to do if You Need to Remove Them

Patients have many questions about cardiac devices. Electrophysiology and device experts Drs. Thomas Callahan, Oussama Wazni and Bruce Wilkoff talk about indications for getting a pacemaker and/or ICD and when patients need lead or device extraction. The doctors discuss how extraction is performed, outcomes of this procedure, what happens if complications occur, and how new innovations are lessening the risk of complications – such as infection.