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 ...

May 27, 2005-- Guidant Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) sent a letter to physicians this week informing them about a potential shorting defect in certain models of the company's PRIZM 2 DR ...

The PRAETORIAN score is a noninvasive test that gives a score from 30 to 900, which can be interpreted as low risk (<90 ...

The S-ICD system with no leads in the heart When Boston Scientific announced its acquisition of Cameron Health in early 2012, it proclaimed that Cameron's subcutaneous ICD device with no leads in the ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An analysis of more 800 MRI examinations shows the scans do not induce clinically significant functional changes ...

“Defibrillation testing can be safely omitted after S-ICD implantation when guided by the PRAETORIAN score,” Knops concluded, ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) released new late breaking clinical data on its advanced cardiac devices, focusing on pulsed ...

Pacemakers do not result in lower survival than implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure, a large health claims ...

Analysis results revealed racial and sex disparities among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices. Among patients hospitalized with ...