Cardiac optogenetics achieve defibrillation without the pain of electric shocks The first evidence for a shockless treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF) will be presented today at Frontiers... Read more
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirt-like garment to deliver life-saving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. T... Read more
German inventors unveiled a drone carrying a defibrillator on Friday which they hope will be able to save the lives of heart attack patients. Every year 100,000 people die in Germany from he... Read more
What if your heart stopped and a flying robot landed to shock you back to life before ambulances could arrive? A USA Today investigation a few years ago found that, of the 250,000 fatal card... Read more
A near-future wireless implant ecosystem might become a target for scripts In what amounts to a fairly shocking reminder of how quickly our technologies are advancing and how deeply our live... Read more
The primary goal is to create a complete and up-to-date map of AEDs in Philadelphia 325,000 Americans die each year of sudden cardiac arrest. Some of these deaths could be prevented t... Read more