An automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD or AICD) is a permanent device in which a lead (wire) inserts into the right ventricle and monitors the heart rhythm. It is implanted ...

Not all defibrillator pad positions may work equally ... socioeconomic gaps were apparent when looking at access to heart surgery and survival after a procedure. (Heart) Study shows the variations ...

One patient needed open-heart surgery. "Remarkably," wrote cardiologist ... Automated external defibrillators. Found in airports and other public buildings, these devices are designed so that ...

An emergency-room doctor attaches paddles to a patient's chest and delivers an electric jolt to the heart. That's a defibrillator in action, a desperate attempt to jump-start a heart whose rhythms ...

The type of surgery will depend ... a vein and positioned in the heart. The procedure typically takes about an hour and patients can go home the same day. A defibrillator and a pacemaker are ...

Sam Polledri was a keen rugby player who died in February The parents of a keen rugby player who had a fatal heart attack have raised money to install a defibrillator close to where he died.

HeartStart OnSite includes proven Philips technologies for heart rhythm assessment (SMART Analysis) and defibrillation energy delivery (SMART Biphasic). And like all HeartStart defibrillators ...

“If Lynn’s heart starts beating too fast or is out of rhythm, this implantable defibrillator will shock it back into normal ...