Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Pacemaker, Artificial National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=artificial+pacemaker&recruiti...




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Defibrillators, Implantable National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=defibrillator&recruiting=true...

Organizations

1.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/




2.	Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrspatients.org/




3.	American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

Overviews

1.	Cardiac Pacemaker (Implanted) Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/cardiacpacemakerim...




2.	Pacemakers: Generating Regular Heartbeats Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01165




3.	Pacemakers UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=hrt_dis/9666




4.	Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/tests/procedures/icd.h...




5.	Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/icd.html




6.	Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Controlli Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00003




7.	Pacemakers American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=24

Related Issues

1.	Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/aed.html




2.	Vice-President Richard Cheney Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/patient_stories/r_cheney.asp




3.	Pacemakers and Exercise Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00250




4.	Pacemakers and Defibrillators: Frequently Asked Qu Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/internalmedicine/faq/pacemakers.html




5.	Biventricular Pacemaker: What Are the Risks? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00262




6.	Cardiac Pacemakers from the Patient's Perspec American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/105/18/2136.pdf




7.	Managing Your Pacemaker American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=32




8.	Common Questions about ICDs Heart Rhythm Society http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/treatments/cardiac_defibrillators/commo...




9.	FDA Clears Over-the-Counter Sale of Automatic Exte Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01314.html




10.	Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Patient Pe American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/105/9/1022.pdf

Research

1.	"Pacing" Heart Can Restore Rhyth American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3025703




2.	Clinical and Economic Implications of Following MA American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/8/I-39




3.	NHLBI Study Finds Implanted Defibrillator Reduces National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/nhlbi-08.htm




4.	Who Benefits from Implantable Heart Defibrillators American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/138/6/I-40




5.	Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and End-of American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/11/I-38