An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD) is a permanent device in which a lead (wire) inserts into the right ventricle and monitors the heart rhythm. It is implanted ...

The guidelines recommend that in patients carrying either a pacemaker or an ICD the device should be evaluated before and after the intervention, including the determination of the rhythm of the ...

One of the first patients to use this ICD was Ellen Meek, who was fitted with the device in June. Ms Meek was diagnosed with an inherited form of a heart muscle disease called Dilated ...

These observations have repositioned the ICD as primarily an ATP device with defibrillation backup only as needed. Tachycardias that require reentry to persist, are susceptible to termination with ...

Higher physical activity intensity over time reduces anxiety, depression, and fatigue in heart failure patients with ICDs.

Better imaging parameters may exist for risk stratification in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM), based on a ...