Heart rhythm society issues draft recommendations on performance policies for pacemakers and ICDs
WASHINGTON--The Heart Rhythm Society today released the first comprehensive recommendations for the surveillance, analysis and performance reporting of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The draft guidelines offer detailed recommendations to physicians, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Congress about performance issues and advisories for implanted cardiac de...Heart Rhythm Society releases draft recommendations on pacemakers, ICDs on April 26
The Heart Rhythm Society will release draft policy recommendations for pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) performance during a telebriefing on Wednesday, April 26 at 10:00 AM ET.... ...The draft offers specific recommendations to industry, FDA, Congress and physicians for the surveillance, analysis and performance reporting of cardiac devices. The recommendations provide p...Early intervention with ICDs: Saving lives and money
Researchers have introduced the concept that the cost of extending life with a defibrillator in young and otherwise healthy subjects with genetic cardiac disorders can be balanced by society gains when the lifespan of an individual is considered. Through computer-based analytical models, the study, published in Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology, shows that primary intervention with defibri...Study calls for earlier use of ICDs in patients diagnosed with cardiomyopathy
CHICAGO A study presented today at the Late Breaking Clinical Trials presentations at the Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Scientific Sessions in New Orleans found that implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) benefit patients with recently diagnosed cardiomyopathy, a disease that affects the heart muscle's ability to pump and can lead to heart failure....... "We looked at this because the Center f...