The risk associated with implantation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is often focused on the immediate complications of the procedure. The long-term risk of having an ICD, ...

KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee senior associate athletic trainer Chad Newman has reported that basketball player Emmanuel Negedu had a sub-pectoral implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implanted in his ...

If you’re at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator — a small, battery-operated device that resides in your chest to detect abnormal heart rhythms — can deliver a ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in patients with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but use of these devices has been limited by complications with the ...

Four hundred and forty patients who underwent first implantation of an ICD system at the University Hospital of Marburg between January 1994 and February 2005 were consecutively enrolled in the ...

Curtis et al. reveal that, compared with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation performed by electrophysiologists, procedures carried out by nonelectrophysiologists are prone to ...

Medical doctor Ghiyath Tabbal anticipates doing 100 heart procedures a year using a new version of an implantable defibrillator. Medical doctor Ghiyath Tabbal anticipates doing 100 heart procedures a ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR: National Heart Institute (IJN) has achieved another milestone by becoming the first in Southeast Asia to successfully implant a pioneering extravascular implantable defibrillator (ICD) ...

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