Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

(HealthDay News) – The use of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) has been responsible for about one-third of the reduction in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) having ventricular ...

A medical breakthrough out of UVA Health as a team performs the first-of-its kind implantable heart defibrillator in Virginia. This is for patients who are at high risk of cardiac arrest or heart ...

Since their inception in the early 1980s implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have helped thousands of patients avoid cardiac death. However, new research by Ratika Parkash and colleagues ...

(WTNH) – For people who suffer from a dangerously fast heartbeat or are at high risk for arrhythmia, an implantable cardiac defibrillator can help to save their lives. Dr. Steven Zweibel, system ...

William S. Staewen, a co-inventor of the implantable heart defibrillator and a pioneer in biomedical engineering, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 19 at Frederick Health Hospital. He was 91 and ...

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 ...

Sept. 15 -- MONDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Widely used implantable cardioverter-defibrillators may not actually help women with advanced heart failure. A new analysis turns up no evidence that ...

For some people with heart rhythm abnormalities, an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) can be a lifesaver. The small, electronic device is surgically implanted inside the chest to prevent cardiac ...