In this undated image provided by the Jewish National Fund-USA, Dr. Morton Mower and his wife, Toby, pose for a picture. Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an ...

Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) deliver shocks to the heart to correct arrythmias. They do so based on electrocardiogram data. Researchers have now shown that an AICD can be ...

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) will have a more difficult time getting on the market if a new FDA proposal is finalized. The agency today proposed a new rule that will require AED ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – When rising prep football star Ryan Boslet suddenly went into cardiac arrest during a workout in his school gym, a portable defibrillator was only the length of a basketball court ...

Every year 250,000 or more people with cardiovascular disease die within an hour of symptom onset and before they arrive at a hospital. With appropriate early defibrillation and follow-up treatment ...

An FDA-approved wearable cardioverter defibrillator is available for patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. According to a press release, the LifeVest (Zoll Lifecor Corp.) is the first wearable ...

Thousands of patients with congestive heart failure benefit from automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) that deliver shocks to the heart to correct abnormal heart rhythms. These ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A University of Pennsylvania contest has stirred up interest in rounding up AED's - or automated external defibrillators - to pinpoint where the portable devices are located in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee's new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available ...

Defibtech introduces the newest generation Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Now there is something you can do to improve the odds dramatically with a solution that is both easy to use and ...