An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD) is a permanent device in which a lead (wire) inserts into the right ventricle and monitors the heart rhythm. It is implanted ...

Taiwanese singer-songwriter Tank announced he successfully received a heart and liver transplant last November and was ...

If you or your loved one has had a heart attack or heart surgery recently ... care if you have an implant or have had a pacemaker or defibrillator fitted. The medical guidance is for patients ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

One patient needed open-heart surgery. "Remarkably," wrote cardiologist ... Automated external defibrillators. Found in airports and other public buildings, these devices are designed so that ...

That day, the Brampton husband and father of two, 50, underwent potentially life-saving surgery at Brampton Civic Hospital of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The IT consultant said ...

Jackson was born with a genetic variation in his heart. He needed surgery, and missed his entire ... “I had to get a defibrillator implanted i my body, I’m so grateful for God for being ...