Defibrillators

Defibrillators have been mainly studied for adult use, although children's heart anatomy is different from that of adults.

Scientists Find Safer Ways To Test Medical Procedures Shirley S. Wang 2011

Defibrillators use electric shocks to jolt the heart back to normal after patients collapse from cardiac arrest.

FDA Wants Stricter Testing For Defibrillators AP 2011

Defibrillators use electric shocks to jolt the heart back to normal after patients collapse from cardiac arrest.

FDA Wants Stricter Testing For Defibrillators AP 2011

•Defibrillators have been primarily studied for adult use

Scientists Find Safer Ways To Test Medical Procedures Shirley S. Wang 2011

Pacemakers keep the heart beating at the proper rate. 120,000 defibrillators are implanted every year in the U.S. Defibrillators shock the heart to prevent death from a cardiac arrest.

Getting Around the Scan Ban Ron Winslow 2011

Defibrillators use electric shocks to jolt the heart back to normal after patients collapse from cardiac arrest.

FDA wants stricter testing for defibrillators 2011

(Automated Defibrillators in Adam's Memory), a private, not-for-profit program initiated through Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Youth Heart Watch 2010

Defibrillators use electric shocks to jolt the heart back to normal after patients collapse from cardiac arrest.

FDA wants stricter testing for defibrillators 2011

Virtual Benefits Defibrillators may help people with irregular heartbeats who don't respond to drugs.

Scientists Find Safer Ways To Test Medical Procedures Shirley S. Wang 2011

Defibrillators accounted for 15% of Boston Scientific's U.S. revenue last year.

Boston Scientific Issues Big Recall of Its Implantable Defibrillators Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010