In a recent column, we discussed pacemakers. In this one, we’ll continue on the general topic of heart regulation with information about implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. An implantable ...

Clinical trial data, including those from MADIT-CRT, support the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic heart failure and ventricular ...

Rochester, NY - MI patients with disease severity ranging from New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 1 to 3 benefited from an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), according to a secondary ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use is associated with reduced short- and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line ...

A 10-year follow-up analysis based on one of cardiology's most influential trials has shed further light on one of its key issues: how to sharpen selection of patients most likely to benefit from a ...

FOOTBALLER Christian Eriksen will be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator following his cardiac arrest. The device can be life-saving, but what is it ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. has announced completion of its second human clinical study of the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) Lead System ...

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to offer a newly approved implantable device designed to protect patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Dr.

St. Jude Medical today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its first radiofrequency (RF) wireless devices to treat patients with heart failure and with potentially lethal ...