Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are small, battery-powered devices that are implanted under the skin just below the collarbone, with leads (tiny wires) inserted into the heart. The ...

Vinuli Withanarachchie is a Clinical Research Assistant at Hato Hone St John. Bridget Dicker is Head of Clinical Audit and Research at Hato Hone St John. She is a member of the International Liaison ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are devices implanted in a patient’s chest with the ability to terminate ventricular arrhythmias. Termination of these ventricular arrhythmias is vital to ...

Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer has been released from hospital following a successful procedure to fit an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). The 29-year-old collapsed in the 59th minute of ...

Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...

Defibrillators are not just for buildings - Moel Famau hill in north Wales has one Following the death of a rugby player from a cardiac arrest during a match, BBC Wales is taking a closer look at the ...

REHOVOT, Israel, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Xcardia Innovation Ltd., a private medical device company developing innovative cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator technology, announced the ...

have sustained VT without syncope or cardiac arrest, and also have an associated reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35% or less but their symptoms are no worse than class 3 of ...