People getting a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) did fine skipping the defibrillation test after ...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9 – A small study of patients with heart failure not caused by blocked arteries indicates that women, as well as men, may benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers have developed a risk model to help predict the chances of adverse events after a patient receives ...

Background: Because the natural history of atrial tachyarrhythmia (AT) is not known in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) but without device-based atrial therapies, we aimed ...

Placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure did not improve overall survival compared to usual clinical care -- although a ...

"Appropriately selected patients with NICM have the potential to benefit from primary prevention ICD therapy…Besides consideration of ICD placement, attention to guideline-directed medical therapy and ...

Traditionally implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been implanted transvenously by creating a pouch in the subclavicular area and gaining vascular access to the heart. This approach, ...

Edoardo Bove will undergo a small procedure to insert a removable implantable cardioverter defibrillator on Tuesday. If all goes well, he’ll be discharged from the hospital by the end of the week.

Improvements in optimal medical therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have helped reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD)—in the modern era, though, just ...

On February 15, 2018, CMS released a final policy decision updating the national coverage determination (NCD) governing implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation for Medicare ...

An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) differs from a transvenous ICD in that a single lead is placed subcutaneously. This single lead comprises 2 sensing ring ...