Background Optimisation of medical therapy is recommended for patients with newly diagnosed non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies (NICM) before consideration of a primary preventive implantable ...

The TSA has allegedly violated its own rules by forcing a passenger to go through an AIT device, causing a severe injury.

Dr. Daniel Schrader and Dr. Harvinder Dod successfully performed the first Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) implantation in Columbia County at the Magnolia Surgery Center last ...

A long-time Queens resident, Chris Ortiz went to a nearby gym last summer expecting nothing more dramatic than his usual ...

After a life-threatening heart diagnosis, Heritage Hall’s Braelon Bradshaw has led the Chargers to a turnaround season in Class 3A basketball.

A BRITISH dad-of-four is fighting for his life after brushing off what he thought was just a cold during his dream retirement in the Philippines. Christopher Lossin, 67, developed pneumonia before ...

The PRAETORIAN-XL (A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Subcutaneous and Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy—Long-Term Follow-Up) trial results demonstrated no differences in ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A hospital near Ann Arbor completed a medical first for Michigan. Trinity Health Ann Arbor has performed Michigan’s first implant of a defibrillation lead measuring just under 1 ...

PRINCETON — A heart procedure that required patients needing it to travel many miles from home can now find it at a local hospital serving southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. WVU Medicine ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability advocates, and medical experts, his implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is gearing up for an execution on Tuesday that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest. Gov ...