Defibrillation is the most effective way to treat SCA and must be done within six minutes after a heart attack, according to the Ginsberg American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Without immediate ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. (“AtaCor”) announced today that it will present initial findings from its first-in-human extravascular implantable cardioverter ...

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is the first hospital in the northwest suburbs to implant a subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD). The Boston Scientific S-ICD® System is the world's first and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objectives: In high-risk cardiac patients the treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias with an implantable ...

Instead of capturing multiple components of a cardiac rhythm management device implantation with a single code, ICD-10 will force providers to code each component of the device system separately, ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. announced today that it has completed enrollment in its initial acute Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) study.

Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'Preventing Sudden Death With An ICD?' — -- Question: Can sudden death be prevented with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (also called an ICD)?

St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who needed a defibrillator to be revived after suffering a cardiac episode on the team bench during a game, has undergone a successful Implantable ...

The recalled Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads failed more often in younger patients, women, and individuals with hereditary heart disease, according to a multi-center ...

The databases PubMed and PsycInfo were searched in the period between January 1980, when the first ICD was implanted in humans, and March 2010. A combination of the following search terms, including ...