Automated external defibrillators (AED) are portable, life-saving devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and ...

The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...

Understand how defibrillators work to restart the human heart.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Minneapolis-based Medtronic’s application to expand the indications for certain pacemakers and defibrillators for patients with heart failure. The ...