Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator was noninferior to a transvenous ICD regarding major ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who received implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy, the subcutaneous or transvenous ...

The FDA today approved the Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) system from Cameron Health. The device is the first ICD that does not require a lead that connects directly to the heart and ...

Traditionally implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been implanted transvenously by creating a pouch in the subclavicular area and gaining vascular access to the heart. This approach, ...

Transvenous leads are the most common source of complications associated with the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). A preliminary experience with an entirely subcutaneous ICD ...

3.1 An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) differs from a transvenous ICD in that a single lead is placed subcutaneously. This single lead comprises 2 sensing ring ...

Though the PRAETORIAN group was technically unable to prove that 8 years was enough to give a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) an edge in safety, complication rates helped ...

A new, less invasive heart defibrillator, recently approved by the FDA, is offering new hope to patients at risk of cardiac arrest. The device, which cardiologists are calling a breakthrough treatment ...

SAN FRANCISCO — An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) with a lead system that inserts just below the sternum performed promisingly in a recent early experience that sets the stage for a more ...

This week, a nice article in the Boston Globe appeared on Boston Scientific’s subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (S-ICD) that recently received FDA approval. It was a fairly balanced ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...