News tagged with 'Pacemakers and Defibrillators'

The results of a new study suggests implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are not effective in women.

Using the power of the heart beat, energy may be used to supplement the power needed for pacemakers and defibrillators, reducing or even eliminating the need to replace the batteries. Initial tests on a pig have been successful it's revealed at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.

This is the largest study ever to look at just how effective our nation’s hospitals are at delivering care when heart abnormalities strike and minutes count. In at least one third of cases, care was delivered outside of the two minute recommended time.

A new study conducted by researchers with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio suggests new sophisticated heart defibrillators may be associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death. According to the study, which appears in next week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, newer models featu