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 ...

Dr. Richard Page answers the question: 'Are There Defibrillators Without Leads?' — -- Question: I have heard that some defibrillators may not need leads to be placed in the heart. Is this true, ...

AtaCor Medical announced today that it entered a financing worth up to $75 million to support its U.S. FDA pivotal study.

A medical breakthrough out of UVA Health as a team performs the first-of-its kind implantable heart defibrillator in Virginia. This is for patients who are at high risk of cardiac arrest or heart ...

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 ...

London is to get 200 new life-saving devices for the capital's "defibrillator deserts". Currently there are 84 neighbourhoods ...

A firefighter has told how his life was saved by passers-by, the police and paramedics after he collapsed on the street after ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A jolt from an implanted defibrillator is a very bad sign -- heart failure patients are about six times more likely to die after they receive their first life-saving shock, ...

On Sept. 8, John Bonhotal was checking in at Albany International Airport for a flight to Phoenix to visit his daughter when ...

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) took part in this year’s Restart a Heart Day on Wednesday, ...

A Gifford, East Lothian defibrillator helped save a cyclist’s life in May 2024, inspiring renewed efforts to register and maintain ...