Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have shown that combining distal protection devices with the prophylactic use of the drug nicardipine can reduce the risk of complications following ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed up with Intarcia Therapeutics to invest upwards of $140 million with the intent of developing the first once or twice-yearly anti-HIV prophylactic to ...

The FDA issued a Class I recall — the most serious recall classification — for some of Medtronic’s cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Here are four things ...

The FDA announced it has identified a recall of certain implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators made by Medtronic as class I, the most serious kind.

Of 500 physicians surveyed, 162 (32%) returned the survey. Characteristics of the respondents are displayed in Table I. The vast majority of physicians were male (87%) specializing in either ...

St. Jude Medical is issuing a “recall and correction” and warning physicians and patients that the batteries in certain brands of the company’s implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Medtronic has recalled 48 implantable and cardiac resynchronization defibrillators that are failing to deliver the proper shock to pace a patient's heartbeat or revive a patient in ...