New guidelines mean about 90,000 Canadians should be fitted with an implantable defibrillator, although heart specialists acknowledge it's a costly way to save lives. Until now, the devices have been ...

Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...

Bradley Ferguson has had the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) fitted. It monitors a patient's ...

PANAMA CITY − A local hospital has successfully incorporated a new technology that officials believe will help save lives. According to a press release from Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, it is the first ...

Sonny Colbrelli has been discharged from hospital in Italy after undergoing a successful subcutaneous defibrillator (ICD) implantation operation on Thursday. “The device works to correct the rhythm of ...

A medical breakthrough out of UVA Health as a team performs the first-of-its kind implantable heart defibrillator in Virginia. This is for patients who are at high risk of cardiac arrest or heart ...

Medtronic has secured an FDA green light for a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that the medtech giant describes as the first of its kind. Unlike other ICDs that are wired into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eriksen’s collapse and subsequent recovery have galvanized the soccer world, which has been rooting for the Inter Milan midfielder ...

Although pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) sustain and save many lives and have a low malfunction rate, their performance should be monitored, especially ICDs, which have a ...

For most implants and other high-risk devices brought to market, manufacturers do nothing more than file some paperwork and ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

5TH UPDATE: Denmark star Christian Eriksen was discharged from a Copenhagen hospital Friday, six days after suffering cardiac arrest on the field during his team’s Euro 2020 opener and having surgery ...