How do pacemakers and defibrillators work? A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical system of the heart
These shocks can be painful, so doctors usually also prescribe medications or other procedures to help prevent needing the ...
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Edoardo Bove undergoes successful defibrillator implant but will never play in Serie A again
ACF Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove underwent a successful subcutaneous defibrillator implantation procedure this morning at Florence’s Careggi Hospital. The surgery, performed at this ...
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He'd all but forgotten he had a defibrillator. It reminded him it was there – 22 times.
His defibrillator went off again – just once this time – and he was taken to the hospital. Doctors performed a procedure involving the sympathetic nerves in his chest to reduce the incidence ...
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Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) Topic Review
An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD ... or ischemic cardiomyopathy who underwent bypass surgery. [Al-Khatib S, et al. Circulation. 2018;138:e272-e391;18a].
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Systemic Hypersensitivity Reaction (Without Cutaneous Manifestations) to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...
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AtaCor Medical enrolls first patient in ASCEND-EV trial
AtaCor Medical launched its clinical study evaluating its extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (EV-ICD) lead ...
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Public Access Defibrillation: Advances From Japan
In order to remove obstacles preventing immediate defibrillation, the medical community and the media worked together to highlight the importance of public access defibrillation. Under increasing ...