A Pawnee County man is recovering at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital Thursday morning. He's only the second Oklahoman to have his heart jump started by a special device. Ralph Dooley still has his sense ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ZOLL ® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today the results ...

TULSA, Okla. — Mike Larkin, a 75-year-old military veteran, and his wife Terry are about to take the trip of a lifetime. Mike said he and his wife are going to Paris for a cruise through Prague and ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients who have just survived a heart attack and consequently have a dangerously-weak heart face a high risk of sudden death. Giving them a wearable defibrillator that can restart ...

INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, Fla. — Regis Magyar "died" four times this year. That is his heart went into fibrillation and stopped working — once while in the hospital, twice while at home and once as he was ...

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FRIDAY, Sept. 28, 2018 -- Wearable defibrillators do not lower the chances of dying from sudden cardiac arrest among high-risk patients who've just had a heart attack, a new investigation concludes.

Wearing a lightweight vest equipped with a cardioverter defibrillator that detects abnormal heart rhythms in addition to taking recommended medications is associated with a reduction in the likelihood ...

The LifeVest (ZOLL Medical) provided no extra protection against arrhythmic death in patients with a low ejection fraction assigned to use the "wearable defibrillator" within a week of discharge ...

A new external defibrillator that is worn like a vest is helping to save the lives of heart disease sufferers, according to a Raleigh doctor who recommends it to many patients. A new external ...

DALLAS, June 26, 2018 - Wearable cardioverter defibrillators - vest-like devices that deliver electric shocks to interrupt a dangerous heart rhythm - may be a safe and effective alternative to ...