Healio

Subcutaneous ICD noninferior to transvenous ICD for primary, secondary prevention

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator was noninferior to a transvenous ICD regarding major ...
Healio

Subcutaneous ICD successfully detected, converted ventricular fibrillation episodes

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator system was found to successfully and ...
TCTMD

Fewer Lead-Related Complications With Subcutaneous ICD: ATLAS S-ICD

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD; Boston Scientific) prevents most of the major lead-related complications seen with a transvenous system, the ATLAS ...
TCTMD

Subcutaneous ICD Holds Up Well Against Transvenous Devices

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...
Nature

A subcutaneous ICD—preliminary results

Transvenous leads are the most common source of complications associated with the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). A preliminary experience with an entirely subcutaneous ICD ...
Medscape

The PRAETORIAN Trial: Guarded Approach to Subcutaneous ICD Best

Years ago, during training, I remember a colleague dissing an early model of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) because it was primitive. All it did was shock ventricular tachycardia (VT) ...
Medscape

Totally subcutaneous ICD system holds potential for faster, safer lead insertions

Stockholm, Sweden - Early testing of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) featuring a totally subcutaneous lead system suggests the device can terminate ventricular tachyarrhythmias using ...
Forbes

New Subcutaneous ICD Said To Pose 'Existential Crisis' For Older ICDs

Last year the FDA approved Boston Scientific's subcutaneous ICD, the first ICD that can defibrillate the heart without using leads threaded to the heart through the blood vessels. Those leads are the ...
Forbes

Cameron Health's Subcutaneous ICD Sails Through FDA Advisory Panel

The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices panel voted 7-1 on Thursday that the benefits of the Cameron Health subcutaneous ICD system (S-ICD) outweigh the risks in appropriately selected patients. The ...
MedPage Today

Subcutaneous ICD Ekes Out Favorable Safety Signals 8 Years Into PRAETORIAN Trial

Though the PRAETORIAN group was technically unable to prove that 8 years was enough to give a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) an edge in safety, complication rates helped ...
MD&M East

Boston Scientific's Subcutaneous-ICD Gets a Boost

Boston Scientific's Emblem S-ICD, the next generation subcutaneous ICD product, is a novel technology that removes what many believe is the weakest link in implantable cardioverter defibrillators - ...