OTTAWA, ON — Half of patients surveyed in a recent study said they were unaware that replacing their ICD generator was "optional," and of those, more than one in four said they would have considered ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — By the time patients with a first primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are due for a new device, about one-fourth no longer fulfill indications for such ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) generator replacement in Canadian patients with devices that were recalled was associated with an 8 percent rate of complications, according to a study in ...

More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators are implanted per year in the United States — 25% of which are generator replacements resulting from depleted battery life. Yet, not all of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited ...

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals don't understand their options about ICD replacement, studies suggested ...