VIENNA — Patients implanted with a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD System, Cameron Health and Boston Scientific) can safely undergo MRI, according to a study of the first ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An entirely subcutaneous defibrillator was able to successfully convert 100% of the episodes of ...

Cardiologists have implanted a new innovative leadless defibrillator, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD), to a 18 year-old patient. This was only the third time this new ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Updated guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) now ...

Electric shocks delivered by subcutaneous defibrillators are equally effective compared to shocks delivered by conventional transvenous defibrillators, according to a study published in the journal ...

BRADENTON -- Since implanting his first subcutaneous defibrillator in a Manatee Memorial Hospital patient in late February, Dr. Joe Pace has seen his business pick up. So has the device's maker, ...

A novel device without transvenous leads performs well in a series of pilot studies. Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the superiority of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to ...

Boston Scientific Corp. has announced it has received FDA approval for a new subcutaneous implantable defibrillator, according to a news release. The S-ICD system, which Boston Scientific describes as ...

A 14-year-old teenager received a S-ICD, which sits just below the skin, and leaves the heart and blood vessels untouched while providing the same protection as traditional ICDs. The boy has reported ...

Cleveland Clinic doctors were the first in the world to successfully implant leadless pacemaker defibrillator systems in two patients as part of a global clinical trial sponsored by Boston Scientific, ...

OTTAWA, October 3, 2012 – A new ground-breaking technology was recently used at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) where two cardiologists, Dr. David Birnie and Dr. Pablo Nery, implanted ...