Tag: ICDs

implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Findings show implantable cardioverter defibrillators preservation of arrhythmia shock function not...

The prospective cohort study of 626 patients with non-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-conditional implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) suggests said ICDs remain suitable to treat detected...
Decline in defibrillation testing during ICD implantation

Decline in defibrillation testing during ICD implantation is due to institutional...

The use of defibrillation testing (DFT) when inserting an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) declined significantly in US hospitals between 2010 and 2015; during the...
ICD

SENSE data show DX system is equivalent to dual-chamber ICDs and...

Biotronik has announced the publication of the SENSE trial results in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, proving Biotronik's DX system is equivalent to dual-chamber...

Primary ICD therapy for patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy in NYHA class...

Primary implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation may have an incremental benefit for patients who have ischaemic cardiomyopathy without heart failure symptoms. The findings, published in...

Low referral rates and treatment disparities lead to underuse of ICDs...

Implantable cardiac devices are underused, with widespread gender and race treatment disparities, and low referral rates to electrophysiologists, according to the findings from three...
Cardiac Rhythm news for specialists

Medtronic gets FDA approval for MRI compatible cardiac rhythm and heart...

Medtronic has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its suite of cardiac rhythm and heart failure devices and leads to be...