Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) used to treat tachycardia arrhythmias and heart failure. This includes cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D).
Implantation of pacemakers, ICDs and the related cardiac leads opens patients to infection risk.
News | EP Lab | May 17, 2018
May 10, 2018 – A new study is the first to test the clinical effectiveness of incremental peri-operative antibiotics as...
Feature | Cybersecurity | May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) released communication recommendations to assist healthcare professionals...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018 — Boston Scientific announced results from an analysis of the LATITUDE database evaluating the successful...
News | EP Lab | April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018 — LivaNova announced it completed the sale of its cardiac rhythm management (CRM) business to MicroPort...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | April 13, 2018
April 13, 2018 — Medical advice about implanted cardiac defibrillators obtained via an online message board appears to...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | April 12, 2018
April 12, 2018 — Biotronik U.S. and Aziyo announced a strategic agreement allowing Biotronik to distribute Aziyo's...
Videos | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | March 14, 2018
The Zoll LifeVest is a temporary, wearable defibrillator designed as a safety net for patients, especially those being...
News | Cybersecurity | February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018 — Medical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for...
News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | February 26, 2018
February 26, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Medtronic is recalling certain...
Technology | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | January 03, 2018
January 3, 2018 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for magnetic resonance (MR)-...
Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | December 13, 2017
Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of...
Research team (left to right) Abdul Wase M.D. (principal ivestigator), Marina Brown R.N., Ken Shneider, Thein Aung M.D., Matt Clark, Dawn Hunt and Kimberle Evans R.N., with a Tesla car at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton, Ohio.
Image courtesy of Joe Carfora.
News | November 25, 2017
November 25, 2017 — Sitting in, or standing close to the charging port of a Tesla electric vehicle did not trigger a...
News | EP Lab | October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017 — The American College of Cardiology, along with the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm...
Technology | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017 — Boston Scientific recently launched the Resonate family of implantable cardioverter defibrillator...
Technology | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for magnetic resonance (MR)-...
