Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Four societies released a consensus statement on optimal programming and testing for implantable cardioverter ...

New Orleans, LA - In patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a standardized set of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF ...

Atlanta, GA - The emotional well-being of ICD recipients makes it imperative that clinicians take steps to reduce the occurrence of both appropriate and inappropriate ICD shocks, a new review paper ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A long-detection interval approach to programming for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, combined with ...

Implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) therapy is indicated for high-risk patients with heart failure, according to current European and US guidelines. However, a substantial number of these ...

Increasing the detection intervals in ICD programming can reduce the number of unnecessary or inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ADVANCE III study published in JAMA. A group of Italian ...

Primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) equipped for antitachycardia pacing (ATP) offered fewer first device shocks but perhaps at a cost, the APPRAISE ATP randomized trial ...

Sudden cardiac death is a common cause of death in patients with congenital or acquired heart disease. An implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD) can effectively put a stop to any underlying cardiac ...

CLEVELAND, OH--(Marketwired - November 08, 2013) - MCPc has announced the launch of a program specifically catering to healthcare systems in the midst of migrating from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding systems.

Findings from a new multicentre, randomized, controlled trial—known as ADVANCE III—indicate that programming implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) with a long detection time (30 of 40 ...

ICD-10 implementation will challenge healthcare organizations to rethink their current information flow. It represents significant changes for every aspect of healthcare — affecting systems, ...

Recruitment is being spearheaded by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange. They are looking for large payors to participate in initial ...