Cardiology

Ventricular tachycardia reduced in patients with defibrillators

A drug approved to treat chest pain reduces the incidence of a common arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), according to a study presented today at the ...

Cardiology

Shock from heart device often triggers further health care needs

A shock from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) may trigger an increase in health care needs for many people, regardless whether the shock was medically necessary, according to a new study published in Circulation: ...

Cardiology

Similar complication rate for transvenous, subcutaneous ICDs

(HealthDay)—For patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, the rate of complications is similar with transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (TV-ICDs) and subcutaneous ICDs (S-ICDs), although the nature of complications ...

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