Sheikh said while there are several types of internal defibrillators, the new one is an extra-vascular cardiac internal defibrillator. It's smaller than other units and, importantly, does not ...

All schools in Northern Ireland are to receive a defibrillator under plans set to be announced by the education minister.

An emergency-room doctor attaches paddles to a patient's chest and delivers an electric jolt to the heart. That's a defibrillator in action, a desperate attempt to jump-start a heart whose rhythms ...

Defibrillators deliver internal shocks to the heart when their sensors detect either ventricular tachycardia or ventricular ...

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

Have an Implanted Defibrillator? Triple-Digit Heatwaves Could Pose Danger By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Thousands of Americans with heart trouble ...

While defibrillators are often successful at ending dangerous arrhythmias in patients, they are painful and cause damage to the cardiac tissue. "Existing low-energy defibrillation protocols yield ...