Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story we reported that the St Jude Medical Riata lead had been previously recalled; no such recall has occurred. This has been corrected. But in this ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — By the time patients with a first primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are due for a new device, about one-fourth no longer fulfill indications for such ...

Mortality and appropriate shocks for ventricular tachyarrhythmias were less common among patients who exhibited improved left ventricular ejection fraction nearly 5 years after receiving an ...

New data from a Canadian registry suggest that angina, antiarrhythmic therapy and low implanter volume are among the risk factors associated with complications after implantable cardioverter ...

Durban - An investigation into national police commissioner General Bheki Cele's alleged involvement in a property deal may be one of the tasks of a new body formed to investigate improprieties in the ...

The American Medical Association is still seeking further delay of the ICD-10 implementation deadline, saying the transition will be a costly burden that does not improve patient care. The AMA and ...

DALLAS, May 15 -- Patients who had higher activity levels following ICD implantation had better survival, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The research will be ...

Operation to replace the heart-regulating device is routine but not risk-free. June 8, 2007— -- Later this year, Vice President Dick Cheney will have his internal heart-regulating device ...