There are increasing concerns the new Apple iPhone 12 could interfere with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, presenting a risk for people with heart problems. The issue relates to a ...

A new study published in Nature uses artificial intelligence to identify people at high risk for sudden cardiac death, and ...

The researchers found that women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator had a lower risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias or death compared to men. HealthDay ...

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School demonstrates that using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging—known as CMR phenotyping—can help identify patients with suspected ...

The Department of Homeland Security and Medtronic are advising people with the latter's implantable defibrillators to keep their monitors and programmers updated and in sight. A warning issued by the ...

The indications for ICD implantation continue to expand; however, these devices are associated with complications related to the implantation procedure itself and morbidity caused by the normal and ...

Standard training pathways in cardiac electrophysiology are being short-circuited for a "fast-track" approach to train nonelectrophysiologists (not necessarily cardiologists) to implant defibrillators ...

Children's Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Michael Silka, MD, helped to pioneer the development of indications for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in young patients. From 1998 ...

Implantable defibrillators can save lives, but also harbor risks. A major study has found that a special ECG method can help to identify the patients most likely to benefit from these devices.