I had a life-saving device implanted in my chest. It almost destroyed me

It felt like something inside me wound up and sucker-punched me from the inside out. The air around me got heavy.
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Holds Up Well Against Transvenous Devices

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...
Healio

FDA designates recall of ICD, CRT devices as class I

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced Medtronic has issued a recall of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac ...
EurekAlert!

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacement associated with complications

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) generator replacement in Canadian patients with devices that were recalled was associated with an 8 percent rate of complications, according to a study in ...
Medscape

Shorting Problem with Guidant ICD Device Causes Stir in EP Community

May 27, 2005-- Guidant Corporation (Indianapolis, Indiana) sent a letter to physicians this week informing them about a potential shorting defect in certain models of the company's PRIZM 2 DR ...
Business Wire

St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Smaller, Higher Power ICD and CRT-D Devices with New Heart Failure Monitors

“This new device platform provides a number of new features that will help me to improve management of my patients with ICD and CRT-D devices, while delivering new safety features on top of St. Jude ...

Cedar Rapids’ St. Luke’s becomes first in city to offer new EV-ICD heart implant

UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital has become the first hospital in Cedar Rapids to offer a newly approved implantable ...
MD&M East

Doctors Want Boston Scientific's Novel S-ICD System, But Supply Problems Hampering Launch

The S-ICD system with no leads in the heart When Boston Scientific announced its acquisition of Cameron Health in early 2012, it proclaimed that Cameron's subcutaneous ICD device with no leads in the ...
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Has Favorable Outcomes in Older Patients

For older patients without an indication for pacing, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) provides results comparable to those seen with traditional ...
Healio

No direct evidence of ICD failure for non-MRI conditional devices after scan

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An analysis of more 800 MRI examinations shows the scans do not induce clinically significant functional changes ...
WBUR

Strategy Flags Almost All Genetic Heart Disease Patients Who'll Face Sudden Death

Researchers at Tufts Medical Center report reassuring accuracy predicting which patients with a common genetic heart disease are at the most risk of sudden death and thus most need an implanted device ...