The goal of the trial was to evaluate the effect of lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin compared with placebo among patients with coronary artery disease and internal cardioverter defibrillator ...

Implanting a defibrillator just weeks after a heart attack does not improve a patient's chances of survival, according to an international study. The researchers suggested instead that patients wait ...

For congestive heart failure patient Chet Consolazione even a short walk around his Petaluma garden would have been a challenge a year ago. "I'd sit down on the floor and rest. Then I'd go back to bed ...

KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) - A 12-year-old Keller Middle School student who, suffered a heart attack, has an internal defibrillator now. Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center implanted the device Monday ...

Six people in New Zealand have become the first to be implanted with a novel form of cardiac defibrillator that could radically change the way that people with life-threatening heart conditions are ...

Implanting defibrillators to jumpstart people's hearts has become common, but one day it may be routine for animals as well. Last Thursday, May 1, a 2-year-old boxer named Honus became the first dog ...

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove will have have a removable internal defibrillator device fitted on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the Serie A match against Inter last ...

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