Dr. Richard Page answers the question: 'Which Defibrillator Is Right For Me?' — -- Question: I have heard there are special types of defibrillators. How do I know which one is best for me? Answer ...

Rick Henderson, M.D., Cardiologist with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center discussed a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ...

When teaching others about AEDs, it is important to explain the three main types of defibrillators that currently exist. For basic life support, the AED is most often used. Another type of external ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

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 ...

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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Another first for Lansing institutions: Sparrow has become the first health system (and hospital) in Michigan to have implanted a new, life-saving defibrillator for heart ...

A new type of extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) using a lead (thin wire) placed behind the sternum met safety and effectiveness goals for participants in a premarket global ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that sit under the skin, in the chest area near a patient's heart. They help with controlling abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker can treat an abnormally slow ...

Medtronic has put forward a clinical study showing the success of a new type of minimally invasive defibrillator implant designed to interrupt a sudden cardiac arrest. Compared to traditional ...

It was a first for the state, the doctors say, but for Ray Schluechtermann it was a second — a second life of sorts. Schluechtermann, 67, of Caledonia, recently became the first person in Wisconsin to ...