The indications for ICD implantation continue to expand; however, these devices are associated with complications related to the implantation procedure itself and morbidity caused by the normal and ...

Heart failure is a deadly disease. Every year, tens of thousands of patients die from this condition, many of them suddenly. Efforts aimed at reducing mortality centered initially on antagonizing the ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in its initial acute Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) study.

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 ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

What is Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)? The electrical activity of the heart keeps the heart beating constantly at a regular rhythm. A disturbance in this rhythm is called an arrhythmia.

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 ...

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 ...

Few medical therapies pose the issue of how to avoid sudden cardiac death as starkly as does the implantable cardioverter defibrillator — a device that is implanted like a pacemaker, which has been ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objectives: In high-risk cardiac patients the treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias with an implantable ...

Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'Preventing Sudden Death With An ICD?' — -- Question: Can sudden death be prevented with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (also called an ICD)?

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