Background Optimisation of medical therapy is recommended for patients with newly diagnosed non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies (NICM) before consideration of a primary preventive implantable ...

A new Mayo Clinic study questions the benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator use to treat patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. For patients with transthyretin cardiac ...

If you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and especially if you have obstructive HCM that reduces blood flow out of your heart, you and your doctor may discuss ways to lower your risk of sudden ...

Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed to treat dangerous cardiac arrhythmias without routing wires through the ...

Introduction Ascertaining the cause of sudden death is often difficult, even in patients with a history of heart disease. Device interrogation is routinely carried out to determine the nature of ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability advocates, and medical experts, his implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ...

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the lethal injection began, according to several witnesses. Black died at 10:43 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One of Tennessee’s longest serving death row inmates will be allowed to deactivate a defibrillator implanted in his chest before he’s executed next month. A Davidson County ...

Background: The PRAETORIAN trial investigated the efficacy and safety of the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) compared with transvenous ICD (TV-ICD) and showed ...