Almost exactly a year after beginning a recall of some of its implantable defibrillator devices that were found to potentially emit electrical pulses below their programmed strength, Medtronic has ...

There are increasing concerns the new Apple iPhone 12 could interfere with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, presenting a risk for people with heart problems. The issue relates to a ...

A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

The indications for ICD implantation continue to expand; however, these devices are associated with complications related to the implantation procedure itself and morbidity caused by the normal and ...

Medtronic has put forward a clinical study showing the success of a new type of minimally invasive defibrillator implant designed to interrupt a sudden cardiac arrest. Compared to traditional ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Protecta™ portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) ...

Among recipients of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators, the omission of defibrillation testing (DT) was not associated with significant differences in mortality, or in the rates of ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have had a major impact on the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Initially, physicians used ICDs primarily to treat patients who had survived ...

(Reuters Health) - A U.S. government investigation of allegations that doctors were implanting heart-shocking defibrillators into patients who didn't meet federal guidelines led to a dramatic ...