Some diagnostic features have high power consumption. In Medtronic ICDs, "prestorage" of electrograms prior to each VT/VF episode results in continuous amplification of the unfiltered electrogram ...

Winston received an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the Medtronic Aurora EV-ICD, to prevent future life-threatening episodes. "It monitors my heart, and if it sees an arrhythmia ...

Twenty ICDs that had never previously been exposed to radiation were used for this study. Devices were provided by Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN, USA; 10 devices), St. Jude (Sylmar, CA, USA ...