Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can be life-saving devices, although they are expensive and may cause complications. In 2013, several professional societies published joint appropriate ...

Wearable cardioverter–defibrillators (WCDs) are sometimes used as a 'bridge' to implantation of implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) in circumstances where ICD implantation must be deferred.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anxiety, depression and PTSD are common in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is used for primary prevention of death among people with heart failure, and new evidence in 2005 on its effectiveness changed practice ...

Models using driving and health data to predict 1-year crash risk after the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator showed poor discrimination between individuals who crashed motor vehicles and ...

Placing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in kidney dialysis patients as a preventative measure is of little benefit. This device does not prevent premature death, according to ...

Implantation of an S-ICD in a Patient with a DDD Pacemaker and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries In a new publication from Cardiovascular ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) were found to have a beneficial effect on mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Yu Zhang, Wen-Long Dai, Can-Can Lin, Qiao-Yuan Li and Cheng-Jun Guo from Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, ...

Intracerebral Infiltration As the Unique Cause of the Clinical Presentation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Leukemia ...