TRANSIENT arrhythmias are frequently encountered during catheterization of the right side of the heart. 1 They occur most frequently during manipulation of the catheter in the atrium as isolated ...

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 ...

Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...

January 2, 2008 (Kansas City, MO)-Delays in the time to defibrillation are common in hospitalized patients with cardiac arrest, with more than 30% of patients with cardiac arrest due to ventricular ...

The first-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD system offers a single-device, single procedure with a lead placed outside of the heart and veins. This article was originally published by HCPLive. This version ...

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.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An entirely subcutaneous defibrillator was able to successfully convert 100% of the episodes of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for Medtronic’s OmniaSecure defibrillation lead intended for insertion in the right ventricle. This new 4.7 French (1.6mm) lead, which ...

To determine the postshock activation patterns with both successful and failed shocks in a canine model of ventricular fibrillation, and whether piniacidil, an early after-depolarization (EAD) ...

Ventricular fibrillation (VFib or VF) and ventricular tachycardia (v-tach or VT) are two types of heart arrhythmia that occur in the heart’s lower chambers called the ventricles. The ventricles ...