Medscape

Complications of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in 440 Consecutive 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 ...
Medscape

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy for Prevention of Death in Patients With Cardiomyopathy

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 ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

An Entirely Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator

Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) prevent sudden death from cardiac causes in selected patients but require the use of transvenous lead systems. To eliminate the need for venous access, ...
Healio

CRT defibrillator, ICD receive labeling approval from FDA

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 ...
Nature

Strategic choices to reduce implantable cardioverter-defibrillator-related morbidity

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 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

FDA Approves Medtronic’s Extravascular Defibrillator for Ventricular Arrhythmia

The first-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD system offers a single-device, single procedure with a lead placed outside of the heart and veins. The FDA has approved the Aurora Extravascular Implantable ...
Star Tribune

Medtronic receives FDA approval for new type of implantable defibrillator

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 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Heart Device Fails to Improve Longevity in New Amyloidosis Research

This news comes amid a push within value-based care to ensure high-cost medical interventions deliver meaningful improvements ...
FierceBiotech

Medtronic claims FDA approval for defibrillator implant routed outside the heart and veins

Medtronic has secured an FDA green light for a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that the medtech giant describes as the first of its kind. Unlike other ICDs that are wired into ...
Yale Environment 360

Study: Many athletes with implantable defibrillators can do sports

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 ...
Nasdaq

Medtronic receives FDA approval for extravascular defibrillator to treat abnormal heart rhythms, sudden cardiac arrest

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 ...
Star Tribune

Medtronic testing defibrillator that uses wires outside the heart, veins

Traditional implanted pacemakers and defibrillators use thin wires called "leads" to send out electricity that keeps the heart beating properly, but these wires can also be associated with problems, ...