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).

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May 20, 2013 — A device commonly used to treat dangerous heart rhythms may cause more issues for patients than a simpler ...

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May 16, 2013 — The incremental mortality in implantable pacemaker and defibrillator recipients who experience a device ...

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May 16, 2013 — New data from 100,438 patients with Boston Scientific implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and ...

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May 16, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. has received CE Mark approval of its Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantabl ...

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May 14, 2013 – Wearable cardioverter defibrillators (WCD) can be an effective therapy option for patients with a ...

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May 14, 2013 — Biotronik announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for its Ilesto 7 implant ...

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May 13, 2013 — The Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) has conducted a further independent analysis of data ...

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April 8, 2013 — Tyrx Inc. has received a license from Health Canada to market its new AigisRx R Fully Resorbable ...

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Biotronik Iforia ICD/CRT-D CE-Approval
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March 27, 2013 — Biotronik received CE mark for its most advanced ICD/CRT-D (implantable cardioverter defibrillator/card ...

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ACC HRS Appropriate Use Criteria ICDs CRTs
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March 21, 2013 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), along with key specialty ...

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Weight Loss American College of Cardiology ICD Implants Risk
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March 11, 2013 — Even minor weight loss is associated with worse health outcomes among patients implanted with a certain ...

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Feature | Jack Collier, M.D., and Derek Norman, M.D., Oklahoma Heart Hospital

Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH), Oklahoma’s first dedicated heart hospital, has excelled at creating quality outcomes ...

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Heart Failure Treatments EP Lab ICDs JAMA Internal Medicine St. Louis University
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February 25, 2013 — New research at Saint Louis University shows physicians do not talk to patients about the ...

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February 25, 2013 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted final approval for the Biotronik Lumax 740 DX ...

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February 19, 2013 — In response to the astounding percentage of inappropriate and non-compliant ICD, CRT-P and CRT-D dev ...

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