More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators are implanted per year in the United States — 25% of which are generator replacements resulting from depleted battery life. Yet, not all of ...
Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story we reported that the St Jude Medical Riata lead had been previously recalled; no such recall has occurred. This has been corrected. But in this ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — By the time patients with a first primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are due for a new device, about one-fourth no longer fulfill indications for such ...
Patients who stayed active following ICD implantation had better survival rates that those who did not, a study concludes. They add that Information collected by ICD devices may one day help ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited ...
DALLAS, May 15 -- Patients who had higher activity levels following ICD implantation had better survival, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The research will be ...