Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators

• Latest News
• "Pacing" Heart Can Restore Rhythm without Painful Shock (10/19/2004, American Heart Association)
• FDA Clears Over-the-Counter Sale of Automatic External Defibrillator (09/16/2004, Food and Drug Administration)

• Overviews
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
• Pacemakers (American Heart Association)
• Pacemakers (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Defibrillators, Implantable (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Pacemaker, Artificial (National Institutes of Health)

• Related Issues
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Food and Drug Administration)
• Biventricular Pacemaker: What Are the Risks? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Cardiac Pacemaker (Implanted) (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
• Cardiac Pacemakers from the Patient's Perspective (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• 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 File
• Living with Your Pacemaker (American Heart Association)
• Managing Your Pacemaker (American Heart Association)
• Pacemakers and Exercise (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Vice-President Richard Cheney (Heart Rhythm Society)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• "Pacing" Heart Can Restore Rhythm without Painful Shock (American Heart Association)
• 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)

• Directories
• Find a Heart Rhythm Specialist (Heart Rhythm Society)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• Heart Rhythm Society
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute