A Pawnee County man is recovering at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital Thursday morning. He’s only the second Oklahoman to have his heart jump started by a special device. Ralph Dooley still has his sense ...

TULSA, Okla. — Mike Larkin, a 75-year-old military veteran, and his wife Terry are about to take the trip of a lifetime. Mike said he and his wife are going to Paris for a cruise through Prague and ...

FRIDAY, Sept. 28, 2018 -- Wearable defibrillators do not lower the chances of dying from sudden cardiac arrest among high-risk patients who've just had a heart attack, a new investigation concludes.

The LifeVest (ZOLL Medical) provided no extra protection against arrhythmic death in patients with a low ejection fraction assigned to use the "wearable defibrillator" within a week of discharge ...

A new external defibrillator that is worn like a vest is helping to save the lives of heart disease sufferers, according to a Raleigh doctor who recommends it to many patients. A new external ...

An international clinical trial that studied wearable cardioverter defibrillators (WCDs) found that the devices did not significantly reduce sudden cardiac death -- the primary goal of the device -- ...

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