The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 24, studied patient outcomes for three methods of defibrillation: standard defibrillation; double sequential external defibrillation ...

Researchers used an electrophysiological computer model of the heart's electrical circuits to examine the effect of the applied voltage field in multiple fibrillation-defibrillation scenarios. They ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bystander use of an automated external defibrillator after cardiac arrest improves survival odds at 30 days.

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and ...

Meg Fozzard has parlayed her life-changing injury into a career as a disability advocate, explaining she wants to 'improve ...

Joshua Lupton, M.D., a survivor of cardiac arrest, is the lead author on a new study from Oregon Health & Science University suggesting the initial placement of defibrillator pads could make a ...

Defibrillation testing of implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) does not improve outcomes compared with device implantation without testing and, therefore, “defibrillation testing during ...

Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest secondary to ventricular fibrillation (VF) carries a grim prognosis. Early defibrillation is important for successful resuscitation and survival. Automatic ...

To the Editor: The study of the time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest, reported by Chan et al. (Jan. 3 issue), 1 showed strikingly higher mortality among hospitalized patients with ...