KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee senior associate athletic trainer Chad Newman has reported that basketball player Emmanuel Negedu had a sub-pectoral implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implanted in his ...

Boston Scientific Shockless Implant Evaluation (SIMPLE) Study Results Presented at Heart Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society's 35th Annual Scientific Sessions The trial results demonstrated that ...

A 17-month-old boy in Coimbatore was among the youngest patients in India to undergo an implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) procedure via an open chest surgery. Coimbatore: A 17-month-old ...

If you're at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator -- a small, battery-operated device that resides in your chest to detect abnormal heart rhythms -- can deliver a ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — It's a case of the evidence base catching up with clinical practice, with a few new wrinkles: same-day discharge is both feasible and safe for many patients who receive an ...

Background Advances in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) technology have resulted in more effective defibrillation, and the need for defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing has been ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in patients with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but use of these devices has been limited by complications with the ...

NEW ORLEANS -- An investigational extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) continues to demonstrate it can appropriately shock patients and prevent sudden cardiac death, extended ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Longer lengths of stay, increased cost per case and a greater number of procedures with anesthesiologists or ...

KUALA LUMPUR: National Heart Institute (IJN) has achieved another milestone by becoming the first in Southeast Asia to successfully implant a pioneering extravascular implantable defibrillator (ICD) ...

The recalled Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads failed more often in younger patients, women, and individuals with hereditary heart disease, according to a multi-center ...