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 ...

Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited improved left ventricular ejection fraction nearly 5 years after receiving an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Prior research has established the subcutaneous ICD as a reasonable alternative to the transvenous ICD in ...

Operation to replace the heart-regulating device is routine but not risk-free. June 8, 2007— -- Later this year, Vice President Dick Cheney will have his internal heart-regulating device ...