More than 100,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators are implanted per year in the United States — 25% of which are generator replacements resulting from depleted battery life. Yet, not all of ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — By the time patients with a first primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are due for a new device, about one-fourth no longer fulfill indications for such ...

Editor's note: In an earlier version of this story we reported that the St Jude Medical Riata lead had been previously recalled; no such recall has occurred. This has been corrected. But in this ...

Patients who stayed active following ICD implantation had better survival rates that those who did not, a study concludes. They add that Information collected by ICD devices may one day help ...

Share of U.S. children and youth with heart conditions and special needs 2016 Share of U.S. children and youth with heart conditions by age 2016 To download this statistic in XLS format you need a ...