A new type of internal heart defibrillator, implanted for the first time in Michigan at Sparrow Hospital, could help younger patients live longer.

A picture of Medtronic's Aurora EV-ICD, or extra vascular internal cardiac defibrillator, pictured Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at the Sparrow Thoracic Cardiovascular Institute.

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 ...