BOSTON (Reuters) - A jolt from an implanted defibrillator is a very bad sign -- heart failure patients are about six times more likely to die after they receive their first life-saving shock, ...

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

It felt like something inside me wound up and sucker-punched me from the inside out. The air around me got heavy.

LANSING — A new type of heart defibrillator was implanted for the first time in Michigan during a December procedure at E.W. Sparrow Hospital. The device is able to give a more normal life to people ...

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins DUBLIN, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (MDT), a global leader in ...

Physicians at Mercy Fort Smith are among the first in Arkansas to implant a new type of defibrillator designed to protect patients from dangerously fast heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac ...

A new external defibrillator that is worn like a vest is helping to save the lives of heart disease sufferers, according to a Raleigh doctor who recommends it to many patients. A new external ...

An All-Conference football player at Greenville College in Illinois got his game intercepted by a life-threatening heart condition last year. However, he is making the best of his senior year by ...