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Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators
Latest News
- Latest News
- Fish Oil Not Suitable in Some Heart Cases (06/15/2005, United Press International)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Cardiac Pacemaker (Implanted) (Food and Drug Administration)
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) (Food and Drug Administration)
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Controlling a Chaotic Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pacemakers (UpToDate)
- Pacemakers (American Heart Association)
- Pacemakers
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Pacemakers: Generating Regular Heartbeats (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration)
- Biventricular Pacemaker: What Are the Risks? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Cardiac Pacemakers from the Patient's Perspective (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Common Questions about ICDs (Heart Rhythm Society)
- FDA Clears Over-the-Counter Sale of Automatic External Defibrillator (Food and Drug Administration)
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Patient Perspective (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Managing Your Pacemaker (American Heart Association)
- Pacemakers and Defibrillators: Frequently Asked Questions (Virtual Hospital)
- Pacemakers and Exercise (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Vice-President Richard Cheney (Heart Rhythm Society)
Also available in: Spanish
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Defibrillators, Implantable (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pacemaker, Artificial (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- "Pacing" Heart Can Restore Rhythm without Painful Shock (American Heart Association)
- Clinical and Economic Implications of Following MADIT-II Criteria for Surgically Implanting Automatic Cardiac Defibrillators (American College of Physicians)
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and End-of-Life Care (American College of Physicians)
- NHLBI Study Finds Implanted Defibrillator Reduces Heart Failure Deaths (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Who Benefits from Implantable Heart Defibrillators? (American College of Physicians)