If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest, you're not supposed to compete in sports any more intense than bowling or golf. A lot of patients ignore those guidelines, trying ...

William S. Staewen, a Johns Hopkins-trained biomedical engineer and co-inventor of the implantable heart defibrillator, died ...

Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a common cause of cardiovascular mortality, often triggered by ventricular ...

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Defibrillators can double the chance of survival, but can be difficult to find in an emergency or remote areas. The researchers tested drones carrying defibrillators on mock emergency scenarios, and ...