The goal of the trial was to evaluate the effect of lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin compared with placebo among patients with coronary artery disease and internal cardioverter defibrillator ...

Implanting a defibrillator just weeks after a heart attack does not improve a patient's chances of survival, according to an international study. The researchers suggested instead that patients wait ...

Too many cardiac patients are getting internal defibrillators when they don't need them - that's the result of new research from Duke. Implantable cardiac defibrillators are used for patients who have ...

KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) - A 12-year-old Keller Middle School student who, suffered a heart attack, has an internal defibrillator now. Doctors at Cook Children's Medical Center implanted the device Monday ...