Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at risk of perioperative conduction system damage leading to permanent ...

The rate of major complications associated with cardiac implantable electronic-device (CIED) implantation varied widely among different centers in recent data from Australia and New Zealand. The rate ...

Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger, ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Yu Zhang, Wen-Long Dai, Can-Can Lin, Qiao-Yuan Li and Cheng-Jun Guo from Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, ...

According to a broad European study involving multiple medical institutes, patients with diabetes do not benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) pacemakers. Current treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top news from the virtual Heart Rhythm Society Annual ...

Following the recent recalls of nearly 150,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac pacemakers, FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH; Rockville, MD) released ...

An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a heart monitoring device. When necessary, it provides an electric shock that corrects an abnormal heart rhythm and prevents sudden cardiac death.

Implantation of an S-ICD in a Patient with a DDD Pacemaker and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries In a new publication from Cardiovascular ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Christian Eriksen's soccer career could be saved by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD, a small battery-powered device to regulate his heartbeat following a ...

Cybersecurity firm WhiteScope says it has identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the device ecosystems for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) across four major vendors.