Study Urges Delay for Implantable Defibrillators
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People who&#39;ve had a heart attack and are at a high risk for irregular heartbeats called arrhythmias may have to wait at least a month before they can get an implantable defibrillator.
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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc.  said on Friday it has begun warning doctors about some faulty  batteries installed in a line of its implantable heart  defibrillators.
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A new group of patients that qualifies  for Medicare reimbursement for implantable heart defibrillators  may have to wait a few days longer until payment is available,  the federal government said on Thursday.
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A delayed battery technology may indeed be on the way.
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Cardiac pacemakers could help reduce the high incidence of sudden death among those with epilepsy, a British study indicates. Four of 20 patients monitored for up to 22
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Patients given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five times more likely to die six months to two years later than those with bare metal forms of the arterial scaffolding, research showed on Tuesday.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research has convinced Medicare officials that doubling or tripling the use of implantable defibrillators to treat heart failure is economically justifiable.
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Medical device stocks were in the spotlight Wednesday with Medicare&#39;s proposal late Tuesday to expand coverage for implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, bolstering shares of those companies making the devices.
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NEW YORK  - Fish oil could potentially save   more lives than cardiac defibrillators, devices used to revive   individuals whose hearts have stopped beating and to prevent   and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias, researchers   estimate in a new report.
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Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in U.S. hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks they need within the critical first two minutes of cardiac arrest, a study published on Wednesday said.
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Medicare has proposed expanding coverage for expensive cardiac defibrillators surgically implanted in patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
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Less-costly versions of implanted  heart devices represent a good value for most patients who need  them, according to a cost analysis study presented on  Wednesday.
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The most exhaustive studies yet published on drug-coated stents show that the widely used heart devices are no better at preventing heart attacks and death than the older, cheaper devices they replaced, and in some cases may be slightly worse.
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People with slower reaction times and bad memories are more likely to die from a heart attack, a study suggests.
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Patients seeking urgent care in U.S. emergency rooms are waiting longer than in the 1990s, especially people with heart attacks, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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U.S. health officials said on   Thursday they will ask outside advisers later this year to   review recent studies suggesting drug-coated stents may raise   the risk of blood clots months after they are implanted.
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NEW YORK  - Research suggests that even low   blood levels of lead may raise the risk of adverse heart and   circulatory outcomes.