One of the timeliest and, some say controversial, topics in clinical cardiac electrophysiology today is the proper role of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in the treatment of patients ...

Background: Although more than 150,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted yearly worldwide, only few studies systematically examined complications of ICD therapy in large ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced that a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator and an implantable cardioverter ...

There is a lower risk of 1-year ventricular arrhythmias or death in women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) compared with men.

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, ...

Pediatric and congenital heart disease patients are at low risk for clinically significant arrhythmias during supervised cardiac rehabilitation.

1 in 5 with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator don't meet criteria for use. Jan. 4, 2011— -- One in five patients who receive the heart-shocking, life-saving devices known as implantable ...

A wearable automatic defibrillator may be an alternative to an implantable cardiac defibrillator for a small group of patients, say researchers. There are few large, randomized and controlled clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel adhesive-based wearable cardioverter defibrillator exceeded its safety and efficacy performance goals.

GlobalData's Medical Devices sector report, "Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) - Medical Devices Pipeline Assessment, 2017" provides an overview of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators ...