The FDA today approved the Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) system from Cameron Health. The device is the first ICD that does not require a lead that connects directly to the heart and ...

Edoardo Bove will undergo a small procedure to insert a removable implantable cardioverter defibrillator on Tuesday. If all goes well, he’ll be discharged from the hospital by the end of the week.

Although recent studies have proved that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), the ...

This study demonstrates the following: (1) Although DFT testing is still performed in most (71%) patients, it is not performed in 29% of patients who undergo initial ICD implantation in the United ...

Background: Because the natural history of atrial tachyarrhythmia (AT) is not known in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) but without device-based atrial therapies, we aimed ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) information on YouTube is of low and highly-variable quality, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit ...