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 ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed ...

San Clemente-based cardiac device company AtaCor Medical announced a collaboration with Abbott Laboratories to develop a next ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can prevent arrhythmic death for people with congenital ...

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 ...

CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Patients with mild to moderate heart failure benefited from an implanted Medtronic Inc device that combines a pacemaker to coordinate pumping with a defibrillator that ...

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 ...

FOOTBALLER Christian Eriksen will be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator following his cardiac arrest. The device can be life-saving, but what is it ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Local doctors are among the first in the nation to use a new, implantable device to help save lives. It helps keep the heart beating strong. This new device could help reduce the ...

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 ...