Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Routine defibrillation testing appears to be safe, but does not improve outcomes in patients ...

London, ON - Defibrillation-threshold (DFT) testing performed on a routine basis at ICD implantation is unlikely to significantly affect one- or five-year mortality, according to a statistical ...

Among recipients of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators, the omission of defibrillation testing (DT) was not associated with significant differences in mortality, or in the rates of ...

Defibrillation testing of implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) does not improve outcomes compared with device implantation without testing and, therefore, “defibrillation testing during ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are trying to develop a more effective blood test to determine whether a patient needs to have a defibrillator implanted in his or her body to make ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have had a major impact on the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Initially, physicians used ICDs primarily to treat patients who had survived ...

A commonly performed test during certain types of heart surgery is not helpful and possibly harmful. The testing procedure, known as defibrillator testing (DT), is commonly used on people who require ...

Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A simple test can give cardiologists guidance about whether they should implant defibrillators into patients with weak hearts, new research confirms.

Traditional implanted pacemakers and defibrillators use thin wires called "leads" to send out electricity that keeps the heart beating properly, but these wires can also be associated with problems, ...

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, ...