An independent oversight agency plans to audit Metro’s defibrillators after one failed at a station last week when a rider suffered a fatal heart attack. The Tri-State Oversight Committee, which is ...
Lifesaving implantable defibrillators should be given to heart failure patients at highest risk of heart rhythm problems at an earlier stage in their treatment, according to a new study. The paper was ...
On a July day two summers ago, Mike Mulvihill of Bettendorf felt what he thought was something hitting his car as he and his wife drove through Ohio on their way to visit family. "All of a sudden, I ...
The Resynchronization–Defibrillation for Ambulatory Heart Failure Trial (RAFT) showed a greater benefit with respect to mortality at 5 years among patients who received cardiac-resynchronization ...
A woman was left permanently disabled after paramedics 'pressed the wrong button' on a defibrillator during a cardiac arrest. Meg Fozzard, 33, had a cardiac arrest in 2019 when she was aged 26, and ...