Multiple societies covering cardiovascular medicine, electrophysiology, heart failure, and imaging have released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for various cardiac implantable electronic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Major adverse events remained common in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy implanted with an electronic ...

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A Florida hospital has developed a system for wireless real-time monitoring and reprogramming of cardiac devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators, using an iPad. A doctor can suggest changes ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—The observational BIO-LIBRA study, which enrolled nearly 50% women, has revealed important outcome differences by both sex and device type among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Long-term CRT-D use was tied to improved survival and time to adverse events vs. ICD therapy in patients with ...

During spring 2005, we conducted an anonymous, Web-based survey of the members of the Heart Rhythm Society and the field representatives of the cardiac rhythm management divisions of two device ...

Implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) rely on precise sensing and pacing functions to maintain cardiac rhythm. Electromagnetic interference ...

The world's largest medical device company has acknowledged that many of its implanted cardiac defibrillators use an unencrypted wireless protocol that could allow an attacker to change the settings ...

When Danish footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed during a friendly match recently, many people would have been surprised to ...