This study was designed to determine how physicians manage pacemaker and ICD recalls and safety alerts ("advisories") and to determine which factors influence physicians' clinical decisions.

The interaction between the S-ICD system and the transvenous pacemaker system is not fully understood. The authors report a case of S-ICD implantation in a patient with ccTGA and a DDD pacemaker.

In all, 2.8% required pacemaker implantation and 1.3% required ICD implantation after the operation, although rates varied substantially depending on the type of operation. The rate of device ...

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the top news from the virtual Heart Rhythm Society Annual Scientific Sessions.

"In the past, ICD systems could be downgraded to only provide pacing by replacing the ICD generator with a pacemaker generator attached to the existing leads.

Unlike conventional pacemaker-ICD’s, officials with the Cleveland Clinic say this leadless system does not require wires to be threaded through the blood vessels, which are vulnerable to ...

More Pacemaker Breakthroughs, Heart Valves, and the First ICD 26. Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923-2014)The Uruguayan-born serial entrepreneur pioneered controlled drug delivery systems modelled after the ...

Christian Eriksen's soccer career could be saved by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD, a small battery-powered device to regulate his heartbeat following a cardiac arrest suffered ...

Christian Eriksen's soccer career could be saved by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD, a small battery-powered device to regulate his heartbeat following a cardiac arrest suffered ...

Physician recommendations for prophylactic advisory device replacement based on history of prior ICD therapies are shown. For both (A) secondary prevention patients (AVID Criteria) and (B) primary ...