May 23 -- Imagine living with a device, day in and day out, that could mean the difference between life and death. The implantable defibrillator is exactly that for the cardiac patients who wear it.

David Hasselhoff is a heart attack waiting to happen — and doctors have warned him to slow down or face an untimely end. The former Baywatch star, 66, recently received a defibrillator implant in a ...

Implantable defibrillators can be a lifesaver for heart patients. Recently, thousands were recalled because some malfunctioned. A new defibrillator is on the market that alerts doctors of any problems ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA cleared an antibiotic-eluting envelope to reduce complications after pacemaker or defibrillator implant.

Boston Scientific Corp. subsidiary Guidant LLC pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal misdemeanor charges for its failure to notify the government about short-circuiting problems in three of its ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) --Medtronic has recalled 48 implantable and cardiac resynchronization defibrillators that are failing to deliver the proper shock to pace a patient's heartbeat or revive a patient in ...

As many as 750,000 heart devices made by Medtronic PLC contain a serious cybersecurity vulnerability that could let an attacker with sophisticated insider knowledge harm a patient by altering ...

Less than a month after Charles “Chick” Woodfall, 78, got his defibrillator implanted in 2000, he and his wife, Nancy, 72, traveled in their nearly 27-foot motor home from the Palo Alto area to Morro ...