Outcomes in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Pacemakers, and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Undergoing Single Balloon Enteroscopy.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients in the cardiac device group did not appear to be at any more significant risk than those without cardiac devices. Furthermore, diagnostic and therapeutic yield and rebleeding rates appear to be similar across both groups. Clinicians may perform SBE in these patients safely and effectively, with good overall outcomes. PMID: 30708381 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30708381?dopt=Abstract

Source: Southern Medical Journal - February 2, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: South Med J Source Type: research