Medtronic has issued a warning about rapid unexpected battery depletion that may happen in seven kinds of implantable defibrillators, affecting nearly 340,000 implanted devices worldwide. The Food and ...

Defibrillators and pacemakers help the heart maintain a regular rhythm. Defibrillators deliver a shock if the heart goes into arrhythmia. Pacemakers use electrical impulses to keep the heart from ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that sit under the skin, in the chest area near a patient's heart. They help with controlling abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker can treat an abnormally slow ...