VIENNA — Patients implanted with a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD System, Cameron Health and Boston Scientific) can safely undergo MRI, according to a study of the first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An entirely subcutaneous defibrillator was able to successfully convert 100% of the episodes of ...

Electric shocks delivered by subcutaneous defibrillators are equally effective compared to shocks delivered by conventional transvenous defibrillators, according to a study published in the journal ...

Cardiologists have implanted a new innovative leadless defibrillator, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD), to a 18 year-old patient. This was only the third time this new ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Updated guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) now ...

BRADENTON -- Since implanting his first subcutaneous defibrillator in a Manatee Memorial Hospital patient in late February, Dr. Joe Pace has seen his business pick up. So has the device's maker, ...

A novel device without transvenous leads performs well in a series of pilot studies. Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the superiority of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to ...

A new device called a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) prevents sudden cardiac death with an electric shock. A conductor wire is implanted just under the skin, rather than ...

Boston Scientific Corp. has announced it has received FDA approval for a new subcutaneous implantable defibrillator, according to a news release. The S-ICD system, which Boston Scientific describes as ...

Cleveland Clinic doctors were the first in the world to successfully implant leadless pacemaker defibrillator systems in two patients as part of a global clinical trial sponsored by Boston Scientific, ...

OTTAWA, October 3, 2012 – A new ground-breaking technology was recently used at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) where two cardiologists, Dr. David Birnie and Dr. Pablo Nery, implanted ...