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 . Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...