In patients younger than 19 with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a lower body weight, indicating younger age, is ...

MIT-alumni-founded Thermedical advances novel deep-tissue ablation technology to address critical unmet needs in severe ventricular tachycardia ...

Mrs Dodd said she was "one of the lucky ones", because she had been first aid-trained in her job as a primary school teacher.

A new study from a research team at the Centre for Wireless Communications Network and Systems (CWC-NS) at the University of Oulu has introduced an approach using near-infrared (NIR) light beyond ...

The implantable defibrillator market is poised for healthy growth through 2035, fueled by the rising global incidence of sudden cardiac arrest and heart rhythm disorders. As awareness increases about ...

William S. Staewen, a co-inventor of the implantable heart defibrillator and a pioneer in biomedical engineering, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 19 at Frederick Health Hospital. He was 91 and ...

Findings were seen for ventricular arrhythmias or death at 1 year for patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Valentina Kutyifa, M.D., Ph.D., from University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, ...

The researchers found that women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator had a lower risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias or death compared to men. HealthDay ...

Two Boston Scientific heart devices have been linked to serious injuries and deaths One device may fail to deliver life-saving shocks due to becoming calcified Heart devices like defibrillators make ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. The Food and ...