Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

A Fort Worth hospital is participating in an international study to help more people survive cardiac arrest.

One of the timeliest and, some say controversial, topics in clinical cardiac electrophysiology today is the proper role of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in the treatment of patients ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced that a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator and an implantable cardioverter ...

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins FDA approval of the Medtronic Aurora EV-ICD system includes the system's ...

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 ...

Some young adults have inherited heart conditions that require them to receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD. For years, they were told they could not engage in sports more ...

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 ...