We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

The new ACC and AHA criteria for cardiac devices emphasize more risk stratification, reflecting advances in the field in ...

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD) is a permanent device in which a lead (wire) inserts into the right ventricle and monitors the heart rhythm. It is implanted ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) sense abnormal heart rhythms and deliver an electric shock to reset heartbeats into a normal pattern. Although ICDs can be lifesaving, the shocks ...

THIS is the horrifying moment air ambulance medics desperately tried to save a rugby player’s life after he suffered a ...

According to the study it was found that Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) were found to increase heart failure . But they are very efficient in reducing the sudden cardiac death.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s heart clinics treat about 200 children a year. This includes Audrey Koch, a Roswell teen with a heart condition called Long QT syndrome.

The race against time to save a Wakefield rugby coach who collapsed and suffered a cardiac arrest will be shown on Yorkshire ...