TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Holds Up Well Against Transvenous Devices

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...
Medscape

ICD and Neuromodulation Devices

Giulio Molon, M.D.; Cosimo Perrone, M.D.; Massimiliano Maines, M.D.; Alessandro Costa, M.D.; Jennifer Comisso, M.D.; Alida Boi, M.D.; Eugenio Moro, M.D.; Giuseppe ...
Medscape

Psychological Distress in Patients With ICD Recall

Background: Multiple clinical trials have shown that a properly functioning implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is capable of interrupting sudden death caused by ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Has Favorable Outcomes in Older Patients

For older patients without an indication for pacing, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) provides results comparable to those seen with traditional ...
Healio

FDA designates recall of ICD, CRT devices as class I

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced Medtronic has issued a recall of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac ...
Nature

Strategic choices to reduce implantable cardioverter-defibrillator-related morbidity

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 ...
Science Daily

Elderly Heart Patients With ICD Devices Live Longer After Heart Failure, Study Shows

Elderly patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure who receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death live longer than those that do not. Further, ...
Business Wire

St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Smaller, Higher Power ICD and CRT-D Devices with New Heart Failure Monitors

“This new device platform provides a number of new features that will help me to improve management of my patients with ICD and CRT-D devices, while delivering new safety features on top of St. Jude ...
Healio

No direct evidence of ICD failure for non-MRI conditional devices after scan

An analysis of more 800 MRI examinations shows the scans do not induce clinically significant functional changes in non-MRI-conditional implantable cardioverter defibrillators, data from a ...
WBUR

Strategy Flags Almost All Genetic Heart Disease Patients Who'll Face Sudden Death

Researchers at Tufts Medical Center report reassuring accuracy predicting which patients with a common genetic heart disease are at the most risk of sudden death and thus most need an implanted device ...
Nature

Should all patients with heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction receive combined CRT–ICD therapy?

Patients with heart failure (HF) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have been shown to derive clinical benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and from implantable ...