This news comes amid a push within value-based care to ensure high-cost medical interventions deliver meaningful improvements ...

Mercy Fort Smith physicians implanted a newly approved defibrillator with few long-term complications.

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 ...

Oct. 8 -- WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Implanting a defibrillator in the first weeks after a heart attack does not improve survival, a major European study shows. Fewer deaths from sudden ...

Bradley Ferguson has had the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) fitted. It monitors a patient's heartbeat and delivers small electrical signals if it picks up abnormal ...

There have been several cases involving young athletes whose hearts suddenly stop beating while playing sports. Many of those cases involve a specific heart condition that puts young people at risk of ...

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, ...

The Norfolk City Council voted on Tuesday to approve the purchase of four defibrillators and cardiac monitors and four CPR ...