Premature battery depletion with St. Jude Medical ICD and CRT-D devices. Indian Heart Rhythm Society guidelines for physicians

St. Jude Medical (SJM) has recently announced a global medical device advisory that was also communicated by US FDA in a letter dated 11th October 2016 [1]. The advisory related to the risk of premature battery depletion in some of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy e Defibrillator (CRT-D) devices manufactured by SJM prior to 23rd May 2015. The present write up explains the risk in the patients implanted with these devices and suggests measures to mitigate that risk based on the recommendations by SJM, US FDA and Indian Heart Rhythm Society (IHRS) Advisory Committee.