Trinity Health Ann Arbor has completed Michigan’s first implant of the smallest device for heart rhythm treatment. WEMU’s ...

Trinity Health Ann Arbor has completed Michigan’s first implant of the world’s smallest device designed to help treat ...

Medtronic this week launched its OmniaSecure defibrillation lead in the U.S., describing it as the world's smallest.

Although testicular cancer is the most common malignancy in young men, a study of Israeli conscripts shows that screening is unlikely to be helpful ( Am J Epidemiol doi:10.1093/aje/kwaf241). Detecting ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—In good news for coffee drinkers with atrial fibrillation (AF)—maintaining the habit instead of giving it up is associated with less AF recurrence or atrial flutter, according to ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) has released its 2025 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC), aiming to improve survival rates and neurological ...

Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD It's essential to seek emergency care if a rapid heartbeat is paired with confusion ...

Boston Scientific has issued a recall for certain ENDOTAK RELIANCE Defibrillation leads due to their polytetrafluoroethylene coated coils requiring early replacement. The ENDOTAK RELIANCE is used for ...

Bill Clinton’s recurring health troubles with his heart appeared prevalent after he was seen on Thursday, August 28, carrying a defibrillator. The former president and his wife, Hillary Clinton, 77, ...

Edited by Carsten W. Israel MD, and S. Serge Barold MD. Futura Publishing Company, Inc., Armonk, New York, 2001; 464 pages, 155 figs., 27 tables. ISBN: 0-87993-497-2. The field of atrial stimulation ...

Among recipients of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators, the omission of defibrillation testing (DT) was not associated with significant differences in mortality, or in the rates of ...

Aside from patient factors, a number of factors may influence the immediate success of cardioversion, that is, a complete failure to cardiovert. These include electrode placement, shock polarity, ...