CHICAGO (Reuters) - Implantable defibrillators, which protect against deadly heart rhythms, may offer little benefit for older people who have other serious health problems at the time of heart ...
A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...
AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...
Cost-effectiveness of external defibrillator therapy also requires a good deal of scrutiny. Although the cost of purchasing, training, and maintenance of a defibrillator should be under $3000, in many ...
LANSING — A new type of heart defibrillator was implanted for the first time in Michigan during a December procedure at E.W. Sparrow Hospital. The device is able to give a more normal life to people ...
Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Fancier may not be better when it comes to implanted heart defibrillators, according to a new study linking widely used, more sophisticated heart defibrillators with a slightly ...
It isn't often that a doctor actually calls a patient to say that something is wrong. But that happened to Helen Elzo of Ramona after her "smart defibrillator" told her cardiologist that it wasn't ...
BOSTON (AP) -- Even ordinary people with no special training can save lives with the heart-jolting defibrillators that are being put in public places around the country, a first-of-its-kind airport ...