NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A common implantable device that helps stop dangerous heart rhythms by sending out small jolts of electricity sometimes misfires, Dutch researchers warn. Over 5 years, they ...

The heart is a finely tuned machine, pumping and squeezing to move blood through the body with a fresh supply of oxygen and nutrients. Electrical activity provides the spark to coordinate and activate ...

New report in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology shows that rural patients have lower referral rates and higher refusal rates for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a standard device therapy for ...

New research finds that many of those who have received an implanted cardiac device to extend their life also have mood disorders, including anxiety, depression and PTSD. "Implantable cardioverter ...

The S-ICD system with no leads in the heart When Boston Scientific announced its acquisition of Cameron Health in early 2012, it proclaimed that Cameron's subcutaneous ICD device with no leads in the ...

For those who wear pacemakers or ICD devices for their heart, the leads or wires that connect the devices to the heart can become infected or malfunction over time, which makes it necessary to ...

A new Mayo Clinic study questions the benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator use to treat patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. For patients with transthyretin cardiac ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - It’s a prescribed device that a doctor told a Waukesha man could save his life. Yet, his insurance provider has denied coverage, calling the device "not medically necessary." After ...

The major trials that established cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) as a treatment for heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) tended not to include patients who already had ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The novel dual-function cardiac contractility modulation-defibrillator (CCM-D) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) had favorable early results in the Integra-D ...