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Dr. Gordon Ewy answers the question: 'Implanted Defibrillator For Prevention?' — -- Question: Will an implanted defibrillator prevent me from having a heart attack? Answer: An implantable ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are hospitalized for heart failure are less likely than their male counterparts to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), a devise that monitors ...

Among patients with advanced HFrEF, women, compared with men, are less likely to receive an implantable cardiac defibrillator. Women who have advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction ...

Patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) should be regularly screened for anxiety and depression, according to research presented at EHRA 2021, an online scientific congress ...

Placing defibrillator pads on the chest and back, rather than the usual method of putting two on the chest, increases the odds of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by more than ...

Starting Hearts, a local nonprofit and leading advocate for community cardiac emergency preparedness, has launched the “Adopt a Defib” program throughout Eagle County. The program allows local ...

The FDA has updated its alert regarding Boston Scientific’s call for providers to check the connections of their patients’ implanted defibrillators, where calcification growth over time can prevent ...