INDIANAPOLIS -- The maker of an internal heart defibrillator is acknowledging it waited three years before telling some 24,000 patients and their doctors about an electrical problem that caused a ...

Implantable defibrillators can be a lifesaver for heart patients. Recently, thousands were recalled because some malfunctioned. A new defibrillator is on the market that alerts doctors of any problems ...

May 23 -- Imagine living with a device, day in and day out, that could mean the difference between life and death. The implantable defibrillator is exactly that for the cardiac patients who wear it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and patients about safety issues with two separate Boston Scientific heart devices recently linked to injuries and deaths. US jobless ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA cleared an antibiotic-eluting envelope to reduce complications after pacemaker or defibrillator implant.

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the lethal injection began, according to several witnesses. Black died at 10:43 ...

A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...