It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival? Researchers ...

March 18, 2003 — Performing CPR before defibrillation for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation has no advantage if the delay to shock is less than five minutes, according to the results of a ...

Watching someone collapse from sudden cardiac arrest is a scary experience — but knowing what to do can save a life. Quick ...

BOSTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in U.S. hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks they need within the critical first two ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single burst of antitachycardia pacing (ATP) reduced risk for shocks in patients with an implantable ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Medtronic has issued a recall for over 348,000 defibrillators because there is a risk they deliver low shock, or no shock at all. The Class I recall - the most serious type of recall ...

Vice President Dick Cheney has made the implantable defibrillator a household appliance. Billed by the manfucturer as an "emergency room in your chest," the device can shock the heart and bring ...

Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, according to his attorney who said she evaluated data from the medical device. The ...

Attorney Kelley Henry said she had done an initial evaluation of data from Black's implanted heart device. Black said during his execution, "It's hurting so bad." The finding leaves questions ...