“Defibrillation testing can be safely omitted after S-ICD implantation when guided by the PRAETORIAN score,” Knops concluded, ...

Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are trying to develop a more effective blood test to determine whether a patient needs to have a defibrillator implanted in his or her body to make ...

PRAETORIAN score worked as a good device guide in randomized trial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are leading a study focused on reducing sudden cardiac ...

The PRAETORIAN-DFT randomized trial found that omitting defibrillation testing during subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implantation, when guided by the PRAETORIAN score, did ...

St. Jude Medical is stepping in to prop up a start-up company that it hopes can help revive the stagnating $6 billion market for implantable heart defibrillators. The start-up, Cambridge Heart, based ...

If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest, you're not supposed to compete in sports any more intense than bowling or golf. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Plans to deliver defibrillators to patients by drones are being developed by the Welsh Ambulance Service. It has already conducted "test flights" and will now interview people who have helped heart ...