Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger, ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Heart Association are cautioning Americans with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that some cell phones or ...

An electromagnetic therapy for depression shouldn't damage a person's pre-existing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), multiple experiments indicated. There was a low risk of ICD damage or ...

In a typical population of patients requiring implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy without pacing, mostly for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD; ...

Any resistance to the reuse of implantable devices with years of remaining life in them often come from concerns that they pose a high risk for infection in the new recipient. But decades of ...

If you have had a pacemaker or an ICD fitted you may already be aware that you need to be wary of certain things when choosing new electronics – other than the obvious how good the camera is and ...