Magnet technology is increasingly being used in portable electronic devices, such as the Apple AirPods Pro charging case, the Apple Pencil 2 nd Generation and the Microsoft Surface Pen. However, if ...

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 ...

With only 1 in 10 people surviving a cardiac arrest, efforts are being made to identify those at increased risk of cardiac arrest and provide them with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Remote ICD deactivation for patients receiving hospice care was successful in a small feasibility study.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have transformed the prevention of sudden cardiac death by detecting and terminating malignant arrhythmias. As patients approach the end of life, however ...

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 ...