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, ...

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

Jesse McIntosh hopes to be like Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. someday. The 8-year-old from Mansfield, Missouri, also wants to be a medical engineer and create devices like the one that ...

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 ...

A new external defibrillator that is worn like a vest is helping to save the lives of heart disease sufferers, according to a Raleigh doctor who recommends it to many patients. A new external ...

Restart a Heart Day is on Thursday, 16 October 2025. To mark the national day which raises awareness of cardiac arrest and ...

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Hospital & pre-hospital external defibrillators are medical devices that restore normal heart rhythm in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by delivering an E. shock.