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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacement associated with complications

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) generator replacement in Canadian patients with devices that were recalled was associated with an 8 percent rate of complications, according to a study in ...
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Holds Up Well Against Transvenous Devices

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...
Healio

FDA designates recall of ICD, CRT devices as class I

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced Medtronic has issued a recall of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac ...
Medscape

UNTOUCHED: Inappropriate Shocks Cut by Subcutaneous ICD Improvements

Patients with an indication for an implantable cardiac defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death and a sharply reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less safely ...
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Has Favorable Outcomes in Older Patients

For older patients without an indication for pacing, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) provides results comparable to those seen with traditional ...

Cedar Rapids’ St. Luke’s becomes first in city to offer new EV-ICD heart implant

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to offer a newly approved implantable ...
Medscape

Age Likely Explains Pacemaker vs ICD Survival Difference in HF

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 ...
MD&M East

Doctors Want Boston Scientific's Novel S-ICD System, But Supply Problems Hampering Launch

The S-ICD system with no leads in the heart When Boston Scientific announced its acquisition of Cameron Health in early 2012, it proclaimed that Cameron's subcutaneous ICD device with no leads in the ...
Healio

No direct evidence of ICD failure for non-MRI conditional devices after scan

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An analysis of more 800 MRI examinations shows the scans do not induce clinically significant functional changes ...
WBUR

Strategy Flags Almost All Genetic Heart Disease Patients Who'll Face Sudden Death

Researchers at Tufts Medical Center report reassuring accuracy predicting which patients with a common genetic heart disease are at the most risk of sudden death and thus most need an implanted device ...
Business Insider

MedShape Receives Unique ICD-10-PCS Codes for Sustained Compression Internal Fixation Device

ATLANTA, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MedShape, Inc., the industry leader in orthopedic devices using advanced functional materials, today announced the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...