Heart failure patients at risk of arrhythmias should not have to wait until after stent insertion before they are fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device (ICD), according to ...

CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Patients with mild to moderate heart failure benefited from an implanted Medtronic Inc device that combines a pacemaker to coordinate pumping with a defibrillator that ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A common implantable device that helps stop dangerous heart rhythms by sending out small jolts of electricity sometimes misfires, Dutch researchers warn. Over 5 years, they ...

Pacemakers do not result in lower survival than implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure, a large health claims ...

Patients with heart failure (HF) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have been shown to derive clinical benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and from implantable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can prevent arrhythmic death for people with congenital ...

Mehr and Agastya Sood look like most other children – happy, healthy and full of energy – but inside their chests are ...

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Heart failure occurs when the heart becomes too weak to adequately pump blood through the circulatory system. In left-sided heart failure, the heart has difficulty pumping oxygenated blood to the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Local doctors are among the first in the nation to use a new, implantable device to help save lives. It helps keep the heart beating strong. This new device could help reduce the ...

Analysis results revealed racial and sex disparities among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who receive implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices. Among patients hospitalized with ...