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.

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 ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients who have just survived a heart attack and consequently have a dangerously-weak heart face a high risk of sudden death. Giving them a wearable defibrillator that can restart ...

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirtlike garment to deliver lifesaving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. The students ...

The risk for death from any cause, a secondary endpoint, did fall significantly for patients using the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD), a harness with monitoring and shock-delivery ...

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 ...

DALLAS, June 26, 2018 - Wearable cardioverter defibrillators - vest-like devices that deliver electric shocks to interrupt a dangerous heart rhythm - may be a safe and effective alternative to ...

Barbara Campbell has a history of heart problems. She was shocked awake one night when her heart went into arrhythmia by a LifeVest. Doctor John McPherson prescribed it to her after putting a stent in ...

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 ...