St. Anthony Regional Hospital has expanded its advanced cardiac care offerings with the successful implantation of the ...

Bradley Ferguson has had the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) fitted. It monitors a patient's heartbeat and delivers small electrical signals if it picks up abnormal ...

This news comes amid a push within value-based care to ensure high-cost medical interventions deliver meaningful improvements ...

Mercy Fort Smith physicians implanted a newly approved defibrillator with few long-term complications.

There have been several cases involving young athletes whose hearts suddenly stop beating while playing sports. Many of those cases involve a specific heart condition that puts young people at risk of ...

Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...

Dr. Richard Page answers the question: 'Are There Defibrillators Without Leads?' — -- Question: I have heard that some defibrillators may not need leads to be placed in the heart. Is this true, ...

CHICAGO Heart attack defibrillators can now be purchased for use in the home -- but can having one of these devices at home save your life? A new study suggests the answer is no. Researchers followed ...

Oct. 8 -- WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a defibrillator in the first weeks after a heart attack does not improve survival, a major European study shows. Fewer deaths from sudden ...

An estimated 90 lives have been saved in North Dakota since a grant five years ago equipped law enforcement across North ...