Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are trying to develop a more effective blood test to determine whether a patient needs to have a defibrillator implanted in his or her body to make ...

(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 ...

Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, Nov. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A simple test can give cardiologists guidance about whether they should implant defibrillators into patients with weak hearts, new research confirms.

A commonly performed test during certain types of heart surgery is not helpful and possibly harmful. The testing procedure, known as defibrillator testing (DT), is commonly used on people who require ...

A standard test of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is linked to significant thought-processing problems that improve for most patients within a year after the device is inserted, ...