The risk associated with implantation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is often focused on the immediate complications of the procedure. The long-term risk of having an ICD, ...

From 1993 to 2006, 481,976 sample records of primary PM implantation were identified, which corresponds to 2.4 million (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.28–2.50 million) patients with primary PM ...

Defibrillation testing of implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) does not improve outcomes compared with device implantation without testing and, therefore, “defibrillation testing during ...

Curtis et al. reveal that, compared with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation performed by electrophysiologists, procedures carried out by nonelectrophysiologists are prone to ...

Short- and long-term risks of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, and of recurrent events, are related to the presence of transient or persistent physiological factors. Ventricular ...

BERLIN, Germany—Performing ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation before placement of a primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) had a clinical benefit in a selected group of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Longer lengths of stay, increased cost per case and a greater number of procedures with anesthesiologists or ...

KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee senior associate athletic trainer Chad Newman has reported that basketball player Emmanuel Negedu had a sub-pectoral implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) implanted in his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. Since the first human implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implant in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can prevent arrhythmic death for people with congenital ...

NEW ORLEANS -- An investigational extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) continues to demonstrate it can appropriately shock patients and prevent sudden cardiac death, extended ...