What Is A Defibrillator
Defibrillator may not help many with heart failure
March 18, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Should You Have an Automatic External Defibrillator in Your Home?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...substantial benefit by having an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in their home. What does... Read more »
CPR and Automatic External Defibrillators: Everyday Lifesavers
By Deanne Stein , Health ExpertI was working on a blog a couple of weeks ago about CPR. I was just about done with it and when it... Read more »
Should You Trust Your Doctor?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...technology: the newest robotic surgery, a better defibrillator, a new statin drug, the next best... Read more »
Exercise and Fitness Reduce Your Heart Disease Risk - But are Not Guarantees
By Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...not stopped (i.e. via electric shock delivered by a defibrillator) leads to irreversible brain... Read more »
10 Things to Know Before You Go To the Doctor
By Toni Hurst , Health Expert...placed to open up coronary arteries, or a pacemaker or defibrillator? These all indicate a heart... Read more »
Health Guide
Heart Pacemakers and ICD's Patient Guide
...a certain rate, the pacer will fire and raise the heart rate. What is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)? Somewhat more complex than pacemakers, ICDs are devices that monitor the... Read more »Arrhythmia Patient Guide
...is permanently attached from the pacemaker directly into the right atrium. Automatic implantable defibrillators are used to correct both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Also surgically... Read more »Meet Cardiologist Dr. Steven Kang
...advanced heart disease such as cardiac catheterization, ablation, and implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, Dr. Kang believes that the best way to treat heart disease is to prevent it. He... Read more »Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
...reduced by using a variety of medications. For patients at highest risk, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator can be life saving. For slow or blocked heart rhythms, a pacemaker may... Read more »Screen for Heart Disease
...percentage of health clubs have not adhered to these guidelines and maintain neither an automatic external defibrillator (AED, the kind now found in almost all airports, airplanes and stadiums),... Read more »Related News
Combo Heart Device
May 05, 2008CINCINNATI (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Charles Williams has been playing bass guitar since he was 6. But not long ago, heart trouble brought his... Read summary »
High-Tech Heart Help
May 11, 2007WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The same technology that allows people to wirelessly surf the internet is now being used to reduce... Read summary »
Headphones and Pacemakers
November 10, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People may want to use extra caution when listening to music with mp3 headphones if they have implantable cardioverter devices... Read summary »
Implanted Defibrillator not for all
March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study may help doctors determine who is a good candidate for an implanted defibrillator -- and who is not. Data collected... Read summary »
Defibrillator Therapy has Good Results
September 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A device that shocks the heart back into a normal rhythm appears to work without significantly altering a person's quality of... Read summary »
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