A medical breakthrough out of UVA Health as a team performs the first-of-its kind implantable heart defibrillator in Virginia. This is for patients who are at high risk of cardiac arrest or heart ...

CHICAGO, April 21 (Reuters) - Heart patients who get a defibrillator from doctors who specialize in the heart's electrical system fare better than those whose devices are implanted by other types of ...

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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 ...

During the testing phase, the research team was able to make one Medtronic device release sensitive patient information off its computer chip, and got it to fire improperly and run its battery down ...

Physicians at Mercy Fort Smith are among the first in Arkansas to implant a new type of defibrillator. The Medtronic EV-ICD places a lead under the breastbone instead of inside the heart or veins.

Philadelphia Phillies reliever Daniel Robert collapsed following a Sunday bullpen session in spring training, MLB.com reports ...

Medtronic has secured an FDA green light for a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that the medtech giant describes as the first of its kind. Unlike other ICDs that are wired into ...

The Food and Drug Administration has recommended patients with implanted heart defibrillators with St. Jude Medical Riata leads have X-rays or other imaging scans to check for abnormalities in the ...

When Werner Paulsen's doctor suggested he have a defibrillator implanted, he didn't know how soon he'd need the life-saving device. Mr. Paulsen, 68, of Moline, went to the emergency room for ...

Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical ...

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, ...