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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The team at the Heart and Lung Centre say the device is 'an exciting advancement' [The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust] A heart ...

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

If you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and especially if you have obstructive HCM that reduces blood flow out of your heart, you and your doctor may discuss ways to lower your risk of sudden ...

Balance athletic goals with arrhythmia risk: match the device model and sensor to the sport, and use stress testing to set detection zones and avoid inappropriate therapy.

AtaCor Medical Inc. announced that it’s collaborating with healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories to develop a next-generation defibrillator system for abnormal heart rhythms. The collaboration provides ...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have had a major impact on the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Initially, physicians used ICDs primarily to treat patients who had survived ...

The Seattle Police Department says that a 25-year-old man with a heart condition has been missing since Tuesday evening.

Acticor Sky and Rivacor Sky ICD and CRT‑D Family Integrate Physiological Pacing Strategies with Advanced Arrhythmia ...

Defibrillators, with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy, can reduce the rate of sudden death. However, shocks are unpleasant, often unnecessary, and can damage myocardium or defibrillator ...

Suzanne was "dead" for around 10 minutes ...