Lawyers for a disabled death row inmate are asking the state to ensure that his implanted heart defibrillator is disabled ...

It might be so, as the device may have been triggered during the procedure. Black’s legal team had earlier sought a court order to deactivate the device before the execution.

Implanted devices can correct or prevent faulty electrical signals. One type of cardiac device often used for individuals with heart failure is an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators are effective in preventing arrhythmic death in people with congenital heart disease, with the devices successfully terminating all life ...

ICD Devices Offer Heart Patients Life-saving Benefits Date: April 6, 2007 Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Summary: Researchers have discovered that implantable cardioverter ...

A patient with a dual-chamber ICD presents for a device check because of a recent episode of near syncope. On the basis of his intracardiac tracings, what is the most likely cause of his near syncope?

Concomitant clinical indications for neurostimulation therapy and for an ICD are becoming increasingly likely. This case series provides further evidence that a dual-chamber or biventricular ICD ...

Innovative Converged Devices (ICD) unveiled Vega, their first in a future line of Android products of low priced, full featured High Definition entertainment and information devices that feature 3G ...

Since 2012, Boston Scientific has been selling a device called the Emblem S-ICD, which is a defibrillator that sits just below the skin, usually under the armpit.

The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poses potential safety concerns for patients with an implanted cardiac device (cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter–defibrillator [ICD]).

Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer has been released from hospital after having an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) fitted. Lockyer collapsed in the 59th minute of Saturday’s Premier ...