Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator was noninferior to a transvenous ICD regarding major ...

Transvenous leads are the most common source of complications associated with the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). A preliminary experience with an entirely subcutaneous ICD ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator system was found to successfully and ...

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; ...

NICE, FRANCE – A longer-term assessment of a new subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) (Boston Scientific) shows that just over 90% of patients are free from complications at two ...

Last year the FDA approved Boston Scientific's subcutaneous ICD, the first ICD that can defibrillate the heart without using leads threaded to the heart through the blood vessels. Those leads are the ...

Though the PRAETORIAN group was technically unable to prove that 8 years was enough to give a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) an edge in safety, complication rates helped ...

The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices panel voted 7-1 on Thursday that the benefits of the Cameron Health subcutaneous ICD system (S-ICD) outweigh the risks in appropriately selected patients. The ...

Boston Scientific's Emblem S-ICD, the next generation subcutaneous ICD product, is a novel technology that removes what many believe is the weakest link in implantable cardioverter defibrillators - ...

Patients with an indication for an implantable cardiac defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death and a sharply reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 35% or less safely ...

HRS: iPad2 Can Trigger Magnet Mode in Defibrillators The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD System) is both safe and effective for the treatment of life-threatening ventricular ...

This week, a nice article in the Boston Globe appeared on Boston Scientific’s subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (S-ICD) that recently received FDA approval. It was a fairly balanced ...