Medtronic this week launched its OmniaSecure defibrillation lead in the U.S., describing it as the world's smallest.

The FDA-approved OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is a thin wire that connects an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to the heart.

Trinity Health Ann Arbor has completed Michigan’s first implant of the world’s smallest device designed to help treat ...

Researchers used an electrophysiological computer model of the heart's electrical circuits to examine the effect of the applied voltage field in multiple fibrillation-defibrillation scenarios. They ...

After suffering a major heart attack and enduring six bypass surgeries, Arthur Craig lived with the terrifying prospect of sudden cardiac death. Doctors told him the best course of action was to ...

When it comes to affairs of the heart, love taps are preferred over love jolts. That is the result of a team of heart researchers including Igor Efimov, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel defibrillation lead beat safety and efficacy goals in a pivotal trial. The goal of physicians is for the ...

Correcting the irregular heartbeat of an arrhythmia with a standard defibrillator can be a shocking experience that jolts the patient and sometimes leaves residual damage to the very heart muscle that ...

A defibrillator in "the defibrillator capital of the UK" has gone missing, prompting an urgent plea for its return. It was ...

After suffering a major heart attack and enduring six bypass surgeries, Arthur Craig lived with the terrifying prospect of sudden cardiac death. Doctors told him the best course of action was to ...