Although the mix of England and phone booths likely makes you think of the TARDIS from Doctor Who, there’s a new, life-saving connotation for the combination. At least for folks actually living in the ...

Hamilton Medical Center’s cardiac team is the first in the region to introduce the world’s smallest defibrillation lead for patient care — a tool designed to help recipients keep implanted ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Medtronic’s OmniaSecure defibrillation lead intended for insertion in the right ventricle. This new 4.7 French (1.6mm) lead, which ...

A team of researchers from Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta utilized an electrophysiological computer model of the heart’s electrical ...

When someone has a sudden heart attack, is it better to begin chest compressions first or start by using a defibrillator? Click to read what researchers say. A new study by the University of Michigan ...

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 24, studied patient outcomes for three methods of defibrillation: standard defibrillation; double sequential external defibrillation ...

Traditional hospital factors -- such as case volume and academic status -- do not appear to predict whether patients with cardiac arrest at that facility are likely to experience delays in receiving ...

An international team of scientists is on the cutting edge of a new treatment for cardiac arrhythmia that uses light beams instead of electricity to restore the heart’s healthy beat. The new method of ...

Some patients are having their defibrillation leads taken out early due to shock coil calcification, according to an FDA alert. Boston Scientific has informed healthcare providers that device leads ...

A new observational study suggests the position in which responders initially place the two defibrillator pads on the body may make a significant difference in returning spontaneous blood circulation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.