Registry data suggest that one third of the patients who would benefit most are not receiving timely defibrillation. In the U.S., in-hospital cardiac arrest occurs about twice as often as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.

Since 1990, emergency personnel in Rochester, Minnesota, and surrounding communities have provided early defibrillation to victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Researchers followed 200 ...

Trinity Health Ann Arbor has completed Michigan’s first implant of the world’s smallest device designed to help treat ...

Medtronic this week launched its OmniaSecure defibrillation lead in the U.S., describing it as the world's smallest.

Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.

The FDA-approved OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is a thin wire that connects an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to the heart.

Expert guidelines advocate defibrillation within 2 minutes after an in-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmia. However, empirical data on the prevalence of delayed defibrillation in ...