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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Jan. 15, 2007 — Medtronic, Inc. announced today its launch of a national campaign designed to raise awareness of sudden ...

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Jan. 5, 2007 — A report in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that as many as ...

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Dual-chamber pacing coupled with Boston Scientific's AV Search Hysteresis (AVSH) programming has the potential to reduce ...

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The Washington Post reports that while people with implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) or pacemakers do reap ...

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Medtronic was honored at a ceremony this week that recognizes the best and brightest technology innovators in Minnesota ...

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Magnets may interfere with the operation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) ...

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New tachycardia software for the Merlin Patient Care System by St. Jude Medical has received FDA approval. The software ...

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November 2006 - Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center are part of a multinational clinical trial evaluating ...

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A retrospective study at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, showed that dialysis patients who ...

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The Atlas II ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) and Atlas II HF CRT-D (cardiac resynchronization ...

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Feature | Kim Phelan

Five million Americans are affected by heart failure and approximately 400,000 new cases in the U.S. are diagnosed ...

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The day our May issue went to press, April 26, the Heart Rhythm Society held a telebriefing for the media to ...

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Guidant Corp.’s VITALITY HE implantable cardioverter defibrillator combines the small, physiologic profile and ...

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At 29 cc, OVATIO DR by ELA Medical is the world’s smallest dual-chamber (DR) ICD, incorporating the AAIsafeR ...

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A universal programmer for implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers, the Merlin Patient Care ...

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