BARCELONA, Spain—A focus on the public’s role in responding to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) indications, and upgraded recommendations for catheter ...

North Shore University Hospital’s cardiology team became the first to complete a procedure using the novel OmniaSecure ...

OBJECTIVETo determine the use of epinephrine (adrenaline) before defibrillation for treatment of in-hospital cardiac arrest due to a ventricular arrhythmia and examine its association with patient ...

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

A new observational study suggests the position in which responders initially place the two defibrillator pads on the body may make a significant difference in returning spontaneous blood circulation ...

The year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During these past 50 years, tremendous research has been conducted to evaluate techniques, ...

Positioning defibrillator pads on the front and back of the body, rather than on the front and side, could be more effective at treating cardiac arrests, new research suggests. When you purchase ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.

A co-worker in his early fifties collapses from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) after taking a walk during his break. He's unresponsive, turning blue, and lying motionless on the floor just inside the ...

DALLAS – Dec. 4, 2001 – Automated external defibrillators, portable 4-pound devices used to restore cardiac activity after sudden cardiac arrest, have the potential to save as many as 50,000 lives ...