An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD) is a permanent device in which a lead (wire) inserts into the right ventricle and monitors the heart rhythm. It is implanted ...

Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the superiority of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to antiarrhythmic drugs in preventing sudden cardiac death. However, ICDs are not ...

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...