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).
Technology | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | August 09, 2016
August 9, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market approval for the Emblem MRI Subcutaneous...
News | Heart Failure | June 28, 2016
June 28, 2016 — A recent report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment...
News | EP Lab | June 23, 2016
June 23, 2016 — Biotronik announced it was the winner of the Cardiostim Innovation Award in the category “Best Practice...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016 — Medtronic plc announced results from several feasibility studies evaluating a new approach to...
Technology | EP Device Monitoring Systems | June 01, 2016
June 1, 2016 — Biotronik announced the launch of CardioMessenger Smart in the United States. CardioMessenger Smart is a...
Examples of how the computer model would classify one patient at high risk for heart arrhythmia and another at low risk. Image courtesy of Royc Faddis/Johns Hopkins University.
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a non-invasive 3-D virtual heart...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | May 09, 2016
May 9, 2016 — Medtronic announced the results of several studies evaluating a novel approach to implantable...
The S-ICD system is implanted without use of leads implanted in veins or inside the heart.
Feature | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | May 09, 2016
May 9, 2016 — The mid to long-term results from the EFFORTLESS study, the largest subcutaneous implantable cardioverter...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | April 03, 2016
April 3, 2016 — Many patients who have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are unaware the device can be...
Amplia MRI Quad CRT-D SureScan image courtesy of Medtronic
News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | March 17, 2016
March 17, 2016 — Medtronic plc announced that it received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for the first and only...
Technology | Leads Implantable Devices | March 04, 2016
March 4, 2016 — Boston Scientific has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Acuity X4...
News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016 — Biotronik announced that its Itrevia 7 HF-T cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | February 03, 2016
February 3, 2016 — Biotronik announced CE approval for its new Ilivia implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | January 25, 2016
January 26, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. is recalling the Optisure implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads...
Technology | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Zoll LifeVest Wearable Cardioverter...
