ROCHESTER, NY — Event-detection algorithms used by the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (LifeVest WCD, Zoll Medical) may be fooled into delivering an inappropriate shock in patients with implanted ...

Both patients and health care professionals should be aware of potential pacemaker interactions in the environment, since cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are sensitive to many kinds of ...

Zurich, Switzerland - The zapper, a battery-powered alternative-medicine device used to treat cancer, other chronic illnesses, and self-diagnosed parasites, may put pacemaker patients at risk. In a ...

This is the second article in a two-part series discussing the various functions within a pacemaker that alter sensing and pacing options A pacemaker is a device implanted into a patient’s chest; it ...

Metal detector security screening appears safe for people with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), researchers found. In a simulation of airport screening, even prolonged ...

An electromagnetic therapy for depression shouldn't damage a person's pre-existing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), multiple experiments indicated. There was a low risk of ICD damage or ...