Healio

Subcutaneous ICD noninferior to transvenous ICD for primary, secondary prevention

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator was noninferior to a transvenous ICD regarding major ...
Forbes

Subcutaneous ICD Gains FDA Approval

The FDA today approved the Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) system from Cameron Health. The device is the first ICD that does not require a lead that connects directly to the heart and ...
Healio

Subcutaneous ICD extraction feasible, not linked to complications

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can be extracted safely and feasibly. S-ICD extraction was ...
Medscape

The PRAETORIAN Trial: Guarded Approach to Subcutaneous ICD Best

Years ago, during training, I remember a colleague dissing an early model of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) because it was primitive. All it did was shock ventricular tachycardia (VT) ...
Medscape

S-ICD: Standard Intravenous ICD System With a Totally Subcutaneous ICD System -- Defibrillation Efficacy

Traditionally implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been implanted transvenously by creating a pouch in the subclavicular area and gaining vascular access to the heart. This approach, ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion for preventing sudden cardiac death

3.1 An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) differs from a transvenous ICD in that a single lead is placed subcutaneously. This single lead comprises 2 sensing ring ...
Nasdaq

Medtronic receives FDA approval for extravascular defibrillator to treat abnormal heart rhythms, sudden cardiac arrest

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins FDA approval of the Medtronic Aurora EV-ICD system includes the system's ...
MedPage Today

Leadless Pacing Wirelessly Linked to Subcutaneous Defibrillator Hits Targets for ATP

BOSTON -- A leadless pacemaker reliably communicated with a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) to deliver anti-tachycardia (ATP) and bradycardia pacing, the MODULAR ATP study ...
Business Insider

Medtronic Extravascular ICD meets global pivotal clinical trial's safety and effectiveness endpoints

Late-breaking data presented at ESC Congress 2022 and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms implant procedure safety and defibrillation success DUBLIN and BARCELONA, ...
WKYC3

Cleveland Clinic performs world's first implant of leadless pacemaker defibrillator system

The Cleveland Clinic announced their team successfully implanted the world's first leadless pacemaker defibrillator system in two patients. Pacemakers provide electrical stimulation to regulate a ...
The Spectrum

How we jump-start the heart

Modern technology has had a big impact on matters of the heart. Technology has not only made it possible to find true love on the internet, but also to deliver an electric charge to a failing heart at ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator insertion for preventing sudden cardiac death

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...