June 18 (UPI) --People at a risk for heart failure often turn to a defibrillator to remove that threat, but for some patients that's not always the answer, new research shows. For patients with heart ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Abbott announced that a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator and an implantable cardioverter ...

Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...

San Francisco, CA - Heart-failure patients with implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices are more likely to die if they aren't also taking beta blockers, mostly due to an increased ...

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Indianapolis and St Paul, MN - Guidant today announced FDA approval of its advanced heart failure therapy systemthe CONTAK® RENEWAL TM cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). Full ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, women were less likely to die or have a ventricular event than ...

Defibrillators, with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy, can reduce the rate of sudden death. However, shocks are unpleasant, often unnecessary, and can damage myocardium or defibrillator ...

Hundreds of thousands of implantable heart defibrillators made by Minnesota's St. Jude Medical are getting cybersecurity software updates, while older versions of the devices may have their wireless ...

The world's largest medical device company has acknowledged that many of its implanted cardiac defibrillators use an unencrypted wireless protocol that could allow an attacker to change the settings ...

A Minnesota-based company is recalling more than 348,000 defibrillators over concerns that they may not work. Medtronic, which has its executive headquarters based in Minneapolis, initiated the recall ...

Certain groups of heart failure patients may see improved heart function with cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) if traditional implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...