News tagged with defibrillator
Protecting medical implants from attack
Millions of Americans have implantable medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, 300,000 more people receive them every year. Most such devices have ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Working toward the next battery breakthrough (w/ Video)
If battery-making is an art, then University at Buffalo scientist Esther Takeuchi is among its most prolific masters, with more than 140 U.S. patents, all in energy storage.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 07, 2010 |
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New Therapy that Prevents Heart Failure (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 01, 2009 |
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FDA wants stricter testing for defibrillators
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is recommending stricter safety measures for heart-zapping defibrillators after years of increasing problems with the emergency medical devices.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Using chest compressions first just as successful as immediate defibrillation after cardiac arrest
Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Uninterrupted chest-compressions key to survival in cardiac arrest outside hospital setting
Maximizing the proportion of time spent performing chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) substantially improves survival in patients who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting, ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Combination heart device reduced heart failure
(AP) -- A two-in-one heart device to fix irregular beats and contraction patterns cut patients' chances of developing heart failure by 41 percent, new research says.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 01, 2009 |
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New test successfully identifies life-threatening heart disease
A study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has demonstrated that a new immunohistochemical test is reliable in diagnosing a dangerous arrhythmic heart disease known as arrhythmogenic right ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Study sheds light on end of life management of implanted defibrillators
Each year, more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. undergo implantation of a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for heart rhythm abnormalities. This number constitutes a 20-fold increase over the last 15 years. ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement
Despite a long-standing requirement for medical device makers to include women in studies they submit to the Food and Drug Administration for device approval, only a few include enough women or analyze how the devices work ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Implanted devices as effective in 'real world' as in clinical trial settings
Implanted devices that treat cardiac dysfunction in heart failure patients are as successful in "real world" use as they are in controlled clinical trial settings, according to a large new study reported in Circulation: Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Software downloaded during office visits could cut risk of ICD shocks
Software downloaded during a routine office visit cuts the risk of inappropriate shocks by 50 percent for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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CPR-training rates low in Toronto
Almost half the high schools in Toronto do not teach students how to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), even though it's part of the Grade 9 curriculum and studies have shown it can greatly increase the survival ...
May 25, 2010 |
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iPad name giving Apple heartache in Brazil
For most of the world, the iPad is seen as a spiffy new tablet computer worthy of fawning adoration, but in Brazil the device is capable of jolting hearts -- literally.
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Europe's top football venues are not prepared for treating spectators who suffer heart attacks
Too many major sports arenas in Europe do not have adequate equipment and procedures in place to save the lives of spectators who suffer heart attacks while watching a sporting event, according to new research published online ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Defibrillation
Defibrillation is a common treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a device called a defibrillator. This depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle, terminates the arrhythmia, and allows normal sinus rhythm to be reestablished by the body's natural pacemaker, in the sinoatrial node of the heart. Defibrillators can be external, transvenous, or implanted, depending on the type of device used or needed. Some external units, known as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), automate the diagnosis of treatable rhythms, meaning that lay responders or bystanders are able to use them successfully with little, or in some cases no training at all.
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