The number of patients carrying ICDs is ever increasing, so these devices are present in numerous medical circumstances and have to be evaluated by physicians who do not have expert knowledge of all ...

Wireless implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) eliminate the lead-related complications that come with a wired ICD, but they are unsuitable for patients with ventricular tachycardia, when the ...

The routine use of magnets to inhibit therapies in patients carrying an ICD during surgery without pre- or postprocedure supervision cannot be regarded as a useful and safe procedure. Therapy will be ...