OTTAWA, ON — Half of patients surveyed in a recent study said they were unaware that replacing their ICD generator was "optional," and of those, more than one in four said they would have considered ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — By the time patients with a first primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are due for a new device, about one-fourth no longer fulfill indications for such ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) generator replacement in Canadian patients with devices that were recalled was associated with an 8 percent rate of complications, according to a study in ...

More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators are implanted per year in the United States — 25% of which are generator replacements resulting from depleted battery life. Yet, not all of ...

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals don't understand their options about ICD replacement, studies suggested ...

Although pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) sustain and save many lives and have a low malfunction rate, their performance should be monitored, especially ICDs, which have a ...

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author, Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in patients with increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but use of these devices has been limited by complications with the ...

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, ...