An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small electronic device connected to the heart. It's used to continuously keep track of and help control fast and sometimes life-threatening ...

BackgroundIt remains to be determined whether patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) benefit from the addition of an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD). Methods and ...

Objective Implantable cardioverter defibrillators can treat life-threatening arrhythmias, but may negatively influence the last phase of life if not deactivated. Advance care planning conversations ...

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School demonstrates that using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging—known as CMR phenotyping—can help identify patients with suspected ...

A defibrillator using high voltage pericardial patches was implanted in a 30 month old girl with the long QT syndrome and out of hospital cardiac arrest despite β blockers (left). During the first ...

Emma Houldsworth had just stepped out of her front door and had to sit down on the pavement because she felt tired ...

The imaging was better than societal recommendations at discriminating long-term risk of ventricular arrhythmias.

Targeted ICD selection based on predicted therapy benefit enhances patient outcomes while cutting hospital costs by 16.7%.

Systemic Hypersensitivity Reaction (Without Cutaneous Manifestations) to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Israel D. Andrews; Pamela Scheinman Disclosures ...

BACKGROUND: Penetrance and risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) are increasingly recognized as being genotype specific. Therefore, ...

Merryl Hoffman was walking down the street when she suffered sudden cardiac arrest and collapsed. Two nurses, Sabrina Castle ...