Michael Isayan had just retrieved an errant soccer ball when he spotted his father, Edvard Isayan, lying on the ground in the ...

Katie Harris, a single mother of four, remembers the moment she felt herself slipping away. Her vision blurred, her chest ...

The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) was developed to overcome the risk of lead-related complications associated with the transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ...

Such techniques can be automatically applied using implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and offer the potential for painless termination of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Reduction in ...

BACKGROUND: Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death ...

St. Jude Medical and Medtronic were also asked about the response of their internal cardioverter defibrillators to magnet application. SJM devices do not use charge time as a surrogate for ERI and ...

The American Heart Association said that hunters should be advised that physical exertion, colder temperatures, and the ...

In this prospective study, the use of a leadless pacemaker that received wireless communication from a subcutaneous ...

Heart failure is responsible for 13 percent of deaths worldwide, and half of patients die within 5 years. New therapies are ...

New device receives Health Canada approval after LHSC team participates in global study to prove safety and efficacy ...

“I was in quite a critical condition - I wasn’t walking or eating.” After being transferred to the Royal Freeman Hospital in ...

Ischemic cardiomyopathy changes how the heart pumps blood because of muscle damage. Learn about the role of medication in ...