All schools in Northern Ireland are to receive a defibrillator under plans set to be announced by the education minister.

Sheikh said while there are several types of internal defibrillators, the new one is an extra-vascular cardiac internal defibrillator. It's smaller than other units and, importantly, does not ...

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival?

Defibrillators are medical devices designed to restart the normal beating of a heart in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. The device supplies an electric shock meant to realign erratic electrical ...

was just 13 when she collapsed in her home last February A Coleraine woman whose daughter had a cardiac arrest is calling for owners of defibrillators to register their devices on a national database.

It is one among many defibrillators the retailer with the help of the British Heart Foundation is rolling out in stores nationwide. M&S at the Serpentine Green Shopping Centre in Hampton ...

A minimally invasive procedure known as ablation may work best for life-threatening episodes of rapid heartbeat after a heart ...

KUALA LUMPUR: National Heart Institute (IJN) has achieved another milestone by becoming the first in Southeast Asia to successfully implant a pioneering extravascular implantable defibrillator ...

Two runners who survived a sudden cardiac arrest within weeks of each other thanks to the same defibrillator, are appealing for the life saving devices to be publicly registered. Malcolm Hughes ...