An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small device that your doctor can put into your chest to help regulate an irregular heart rhythm, or an arrhythmia. Although it’s smaller than a ...

implanted in their chests -- to kick-start their hearts when they go out of rhythm and stop pumping blood -- also have a wire or two that run from the device to their heart to keep them alive. And ...

1 in 5 with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator don't meet criteria for use. Jan. 4, 2011— -- One in five patients who receive the heart-shocking, life-saving devices known as implantable ...

Caleb Ferguson receives funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council and the Heart Foundation. Rochelle Wynne does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

In patients younger than 19 with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a lower body weight, indicating younger age, is ...

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 ...

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 ...

MP3 player headphones can cause potentially dangerous interactions with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. For safe use, the headphones must be at least 1.2 inches (3 cm) from the implanted ...

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, ...

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 ...

Cardio med tech company Biotronik today announced Food and Drug Administration approval of the world's first implantable cardiac defibrillator that uses just one lead to sense atrial arrhythmias. Say ...