Among patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF), survival to hospital discharge was more frequent with double sequential external defibrillation (DSED) and vector-change (VC) ...

Depending on how the heart’s electrical activity appears on an EKG, a doctor may diagnose coarse or fine ventricular fibrillation (VF). Coarse VF appears as larger waves on an EKG compared with the ...

Shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation is common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Alternative defibrillation techniques might improve outcomes in these patients. New research findings are ...

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today announced CE mark approval and the first commercial European implants for its OmniaSecure system.

In patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), the use of digoxin may increase the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel adhesive-based wearable cardioverter defibrillator exceeded its safety and efficacy performance goals.

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? Researchers ...

Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.