(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 ...

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 commonly performed test during certain types of heart surgery is not helpful and possibly harmful. The testing procedure, known as defibrillator testing (DT), is commonly used on people who require ...

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

Though the Medtronic OmniaSecure is the world's smallest defibrillation lead, the product development story isn't one of ...

Loyola Medicine is enrolling patients in a landmark international trial to determine whether defibrillator devices can save lives when implanted in diabetic patients who have had prior heart attacks.

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, ...

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Victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can be saved with a small, prompt lightning bolt (i.e., a defibrillator shock) to the chest. The shock (3 to 5 kV and 50 A) stops the heart from unproductive ...