Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reducing the current 6-month driving restriction following a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator to 3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anxiety, depression and PTSD are common in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

DURHAM, N.C. – The use of implanted defibrillators that keep the heart beating in proper electrical rhythm to prevent cardiac arrest appears to be cost-effective for those patients who receive a ...

PARIS, France—Early use of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) following PCI in patients at high risk of death is associated with a reduction in mortality over the long term, according to ...

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 ...

Analysis results revealed racial and sex disparities among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices. Among patients hospitalized with ...

CHICAGO -- Patients who are underweight or small in stature are twice as likely to experience complications or die during insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) compared to obese ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Yu Zhang, Wen-Long Dai, Can-Can Lin, Qiao-Yuan Li and Cheng-Jun Guo from Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, ...

Small increases in daily physical activity are associated with a boost in 1-year survival in patients with heart failure and coronary disease who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...

Dr. David M. Dudzinski: A 44-year-old right-handed man was admitted to the cardiology unit of this hospital because of pain and swelling on the left side of the neck. Twelve weeks earlier, at this ...

On February 15, 2018, CMS released a final policy decision updating the national coverage determination (NCD) governing implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation for Medicare ...