Orlando, FL - US doctors have found that driving is rarely associated with triggering the discharge of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). And when this did occur, it was most likely to ...

Presenting data last week at the American Heart Association 2006 Scientific Sessions, lead investigator Dr Christine Albert (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) and colleagues report that acute ...

Patients with heart failure (HF) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have been shown to derive clinical benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and from implantable ...

DALLAS, Feb. 7 -- People who receive implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) as a preventative measure don't need the same driving restrictions as people who get an ICD after surviving a ...

ORLANDO, Florida, Nov. 9 2015 -- Intimate partners of people with heart defibrillators are more concerned about resuming sexual activity than the patients immediately after the device is implanted, ...

Dr. Patrick Malecha (Medicine): A 69-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) was evaluated because of dyspnea ...

If some patients with heart disease don't take their doctor's advice to quit smoking, they are probably going to get "shocking" reminders. A study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine ...