Implanting a defibrillator just weeks after a heart attack does not improve a patient's chances of survival, according to an international study. The researchers suggested instead that patients wait ...

The goal of the trial was to evaluate the effect of lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin compared with placebo among patients with coronary artery disease and internal cardioverter defibrillator ...

Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart's electrical ...

Six people in New Zealand have become the first to be implanted with a novel form of cardiac defibrillator that could radically change the way that people with life-threatening heart conditions are ...

DANISH football star Christian Eriksen collapsed midway through a friendly with Ukraine, clutching his chest and falling to the turf before cameras panned away. Players huddled around the ...

Norman resident Brandon Berry is glad he followed his doctor’s advice three years ago. Without the internal defibrillator his doctor recommended, emergency room doctors told Brandon things could have ...

KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) - A 12-year-old Keller Middle School student who, suffered a heart attack, has an internal defibrillator now. Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center implanted the device Monday ...

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove will have have a removable internal defibrillator device fitted on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the Serie A match against Inter last ...

Edoardo Bove, against his will, had to give his consent to the operation to implant an internal defibrillator and avoid further dangers during his career. The operation, according to La Gazzetta dello ...