The indications for ICD implantation continue to expand; however, these devices are associated with complications related to the implantation procedure itself and morbidity caused by the normal and ...
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 ...
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Protectaâ„¢ portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) ...
Almost exactly a year after beginning a recall of some of its implantable defibrillator devices that were found to potentially emit electrical pulses below their programmed strength, Medtronic has ...
The researchers found that women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator had a lower risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias or death compared to men. HealthDay ...
PANAMA CITY − A local hospital has successfully incorporated a new technology that officials believe will help save lives. According to a press release from Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, it is the first ...
A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...
Implantable defibrillators can save lives, but also harbor risks. A major study has found that a special ECG method can help to identify the patients most likely to benefit from these devices.
Standard training pathways in cardiac electrophysiology are being short-circuited for a "fast-track" approach to train nonelectrophysiologists (not necessarily cardiologists) to implant defibrillators ...
Children's Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Michael Silka, MD, helped to pioneer the development of indications for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in young patients. From 1998 ...
The Department of Homeland Security and Medtronic are advising people with the latter's implantable defibrillators to keep their monitors and programmers updated and in sight. A warning issued by the ...
As many as 750,000 heart devices made by Medtronic PLC contain a serious cybersecurity vulnerability that could let an attacker with sophisticated insider knowledge harm a patient by altering ...
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