Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are trying to develop a more effective blood test to determine whether a patient needs to have a defibrillator implanted in his or her body to make ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients who have just survived a heart attack and consequently have a dangerously-weak heart face a high risk of sudden death. Giving them a wearable defibrillator that can restart ...

Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A simple test can give cardiologists guidance about whether they should implant defibrillators into patients with weak hearts, new research confirms.

If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest, you're not supposed to compete in sports any more intense than bowling or golf. A lot of patients ignore those guidelines, trying ...

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, ...

St. Jude Medical is stepping in to prop up a start-up company that it hopes can help revive the stagnating $6 billion market for implantable heart defibrillators. The start-up, Cambridge Heart, based ...

This app note discusses several ECG input protection methods including radio susceptibility (RFI), ESD, electromagnetic interference (EMI), electromagnetic susceptibility (EMS), and defibrillator ...

Plans to deliver defibrillators to patients by drones are being developed by the Welsh Ambulance Service. It has already conducted "test flights" and will now interview people who have helped heart ...