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Patient Management: When ICD Leads Go Awry
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are true lifesavers, but like ... most important question patients should ask when discussing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation with their physician, says Robert ...
mrivera - 2013-05-02 09:36
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HRS: 7% of S-ICD patients inappropriately shocked
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator Medtronic ...
cstuart - 2013-05-12 19:05
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FDA approves devices by Medtronic, Biotronik
... and arrhythmias with its back-to-back approvals of two implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization ...
cstuart - 2013-05-07 18:13
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Toshiba's new EP package optimizes procedures to improve patient care
... Surgical Lamp: Provides efficient luminance for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and pacemaker insertions and is installed on ...
egodt - 2013-05-07 17:00
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Biventricular pacing bests conventional care in BLOCK HF
... group. All patients had been implanted with a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) that was capable of biventricular pacing. ...
cstuart - 2013-04-26 11:48
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HRS.13: Expanding Knowledge & Partnerships
... a topic of interest in our field because the pacing or ICD [implantable cardioverter-defibrillator] lead is the weakest link in device therapy. We ...
mrivera - 2013-04-26 09:28
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HRS: Lead management, ablation updates on tap at meeting
... address caring for patients, from pediatric to elderly, with implantable devices. “Lead survivability or failure is a topic of interest in our field because the pacing or ICD [implantable cardioverter-defibrillator] lead is the weakest link in device therapy,” said ...
cstuart - 2013-04-25 09:13
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Report cites inside-out abrasion of Durata lead
... a case involving a 78-year-old patient who received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in December of 2008. The implantation included ...
cstuart - 2013-04-03 21:56
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FDA OK’s Biotronik's single-lead ICD system
... The FDA has approved Biotronik's Lumax 740 DX System, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) that uses a single lead with atrial sensing ...
cstuart - 2013-02-27 14:42
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11% of Riata leads externalized in Danish study
... study of all Danish survivors with implanted recalled Riata implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads found that 11 percent of the leads had ...
jgormley - 2013-02-27 13:45