Defibrillation is the most effective way to treat SCA and must be done within six minutes after a heart attack, according to the Ginsberg American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Without immediate ...

Cardiac pacemaker implantations (DRG 116) made the headlines in the first-ever Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter (issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS] just this ...

Medtronic has received U.S. regulatory approval to sell a new implantable defibrillator that can be placed outside of the heart and veins to treat SCA — sudden cardiac arrest — an electrical problem ...

Vinuli Withanarachchie is a Clinical Research Assistant at Hato Hone St John. Bridget Dicker is Head of Clinical Audit and Research at Hato Hone St John. She is a member of the International Liaison ...

Doctors perform a number of different outpatient heart procedures, including angioplasty, stenting, pacemaker implantation, and others. If you have a heart condition, your doctor might recommend an ...

On November 17, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital performed our first laser lead extraction. This innovative, specialized ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester has undergone a successful ‘Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator’ procedure at UC Irvine Medical Center in Anaheim, St. Louis Blues ...

Using a new index, hospital leaders who decide which procedures are offered by their organization can track how their choices affect patient access, according to findings published in Health Affairs ...

June Daugherty was saved from cardiac arrest and death through extraordinary fortune on Tuesday. Now she begins life with the defibrillator that doctors installed in her chest on Thursday. She can ask ...

REHOVOT, Israel, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Xcardia Innovation Ltd., a private medical device company developing innovative cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator technology, announced the ...