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There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...

Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that sit under the skin, in the chest area near a patient's heart. They help with controlling abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker can treat an abnormally slow ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators have a growing use in pediatrics and in patients with congenital heart disease, but they present unique problems and implications for their implantation and follow-up.

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today announced CE mark approval and the first commercial European implants for its OmniaSecure system.

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For congestive heart failure patient Chet Consolazione even a short walk around his Petaluma garden would have been a challenge a year ago. "I'd sit down on the floor and rest. Then I'd go back to bed ...

Closed-chest electric defibrillators -- i.e. the normal defibrillators that you usually see on TV -- have been around for decades. They can be effective at restoring normal heart rhythm, but come at a ...