Rochester police and Mayo Clinic have helped lead the way in providing research showing the benefits of having an external heart defibrillator available to save people’s lives. But now it’s the ...
Some patients are having their defibrillation leads taken out early due to shock coil calcification, according to an FDA alert. Boston Scientific has informed healthcare providers that device leads ...
Stryker is warning of a safety issue with its Lifepak 15 defibrillators that could prevent the device from delivering a defibrillation shock. Stryker said in a Jan. 10 safety warning that some of its ...
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 ...
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Protecta™ portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) ...