Malfunctions in implanted heart defibrillators were on the rise even before this summer’s massive recall by Guidant Corp., government and Harvard University scientists reported Friday. More than half ...

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

Building on several previous reports that the newest models of mobile telephones and other electronics that use magnets pose a threat to the function of defibrillators and other implantable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA cleared an antibiotic-eluting envelope to reduce complications after pacemaker or defibrillator implant.

The researchers found that women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator had a lower risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias or death compared to men. HealthDay ...

DALLAS, Jan. 7 — Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage — even those in their 70s — according to research reported in Circulation: ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Local doctors are among the first in the nation to use a new, implantable device to help save lives. It helps keep the heart beating strong. This new device could help reduce the ...

PANAMA CITY − A local hospital has successfully incorporated a new technology that officials believe will help save lives. According to a press release from Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, it is the first ...