Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed ...

San Clemente-based cardiac device company AtaCor Medical announced a collaboration with Abbott Laboratories to develop a next ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

EV-ICD defibrillation lead placed outside of heart and veins, preserving vasculature DUBLIN, Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for the ...

A Fort Worth hospital is participating in an international study to help more people survive cardiac arrest.

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart patients who get a defibrillator from doctors who specialize in the heart's electrical system fare better than those whose devices are implanted by other types of doctors, ...

There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...

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, ...

William S. Staewen, a co-inventor of the implantable heart defibrillator and a pioneer in biomedical engineering, died of congestive heart failure Sept. 19 at Frederick Health Hospital. He was 91 and ...