An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a medical device similar to a pacemaker. However, it is somewhat larger (about the size of a small pager) and its main job is to save your life ...

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

For all the technological advances in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) technology, patients have lost out in their ability to convert the device to pacing only. It's time to change ...

Pacemakers provide electrical stimulation to regulate a patient’s heartbeat, while subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are implanted to constantly monitor the patient’s ...

BOSTON -- A leadless pacemaker reliably communicated with a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) to deliver anti-tachycardia (ATP) and bradycardia pacing, the MODULAR ATP ...

Cleveland Clinic doctors were the first in the world to successfully implant leadless pacemaker defibrillator systems in two patients as part of a global clinical trial sponsored by Boston ...

More than 3 million Americans have a permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), according to the researchers.

Christian Eriksen's soccer career could be saved by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD, a small battery-powered device to regulate his heartbeat following a cardiac arrest suffered ...

Researchers published a paper investigating the possibility that the iPhone 12's magnetic field could affect the function of a device known as an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators have a growing use in pediatrics and in patients with congenital heart disease, but they present unique problems and implications for their implantation and follow-up.

As part of a global clinical trial, Cleveland Clinic has successfully implanted a leadless pacemaker defibrillator system in the world's first two patients, according to a news release. The novel ...