(Reuters Health) - Patients who have just survived a heart attack and consequently have a dangerously-weak heart face a high risk of sudden death. Giving them a wearable defibrillator that can restart ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are trying to develop a more effective blood test to determine whether a patient needs to have a defibrillator implanted in his or her body to make ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are leading a study focused on reducing sudden cardiac ...

If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest, you're not supposed to compete in sports any more intense than bowling or golf. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Using magnetic resonance imaging to scan the heart wall, researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have found that patients with more than 25 percent scar tissue were nine times more likely than ...

Plans to deliver defibrillators to patients by drones are being developed by the Welsh Ambulance Service. It has already conducted "test flights" and will now interview people who have helped heart ...

St. Jude Medical is stepping in to prop up a start-up company that it hopes can help revive the stagnating $6 billion market for implantable heart defibrillators. The start-up, Cambridge Heart, based ...