INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

Cardiologists at the Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute have found that the magnet in the iPhone 12 can disrupt the function of a life-saving defibrillator or pacemaker. The discovery has potential ...

The investigative minds at Debunked explain how defibrillators function to save lives during cardiac emergencies.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A novel implantable cardioverter defibrillator platform may benefit patients with HF not eligible for cardiac ...

The patient characteristics, study methods, and results have been published in detail. [3,4,9,10] In brief, the study was a randomized, open-label study to assess the effects of adding or not adding a ...

The life-saving function of an implantable defibrillator can be disrupted by the magnet in an iPhone 12, according to cardiologists at the Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute. Henry Ford Health ...

Defibrillators, with or without cardiac resynchronization therapy, can reduce the rate of sudden death. However, shocks are unpleasant, often unnecessary, and can damage myocardium or defibrillator ...