June 18 (UPI) --People at a risk for heart failure often turn to a defibrillator to remove that threat, but for some patients that's not always the answer, new research shows. For patients with heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced that a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator and an implantable cardioverter ...

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 ...

Now Offering Both 1.5 and 3 Tesla Indications for MR-Conditional ICMs, Pacemakers, ICDs and CRT-Ds "The ability to provide CRT-D patients with access to MRI scans is a significant, necessary ...

Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...

The results of COMPANION also demonstrate that CRT or CRT-D, in combination with optimal pharmacologic therapy (OPT), each respectively reduced the rate of death or hospitalization from any cause by ...

PLATINIUM, released simultaneously in both Europe and Japan by LivaNova (formerly Sorin Group), will protect patients from avoidable replacement surgeries and the inherent risk of complications.

San Francisco, CA - Heart-failure patients with implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices are more likely to die if they aren't also taking beta blockers, mostly due to an increased ...

Dr. Richard Page answers the question: 'Which Defibrillator Is Right For Me?' — -- Question: I have heard there are special types of defibrillators. How do I know which one is best for me? Answer ...

Hundreds of thousands of implantable heart defibrillators made by Minnesota's St. Jude Medical are getting cybersecurity software updates, while older versions of the devices may have their wireless ...

Certain groups of heart failure patients may see improved heart function with cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) if traditional implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...