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Ten-Year-Old Boy is Florida's First Pediatric Patient to Receive S-ICD Therapy
ORLANDO, FL--Cardiologists at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children today performed Florida’s first pediatric implant of a new device to prevent sudden cardiac arrest. The device, called a subcutaneous defibrillator, protects patients from sudden cardiac arrest by providing an electrical impulse to muscles surrounding the heart. It is the world’s… Read More
Millions of Lives Could Be Saved with New Therapeutic Hypothermia System
BUFFALO GROVE, IL-- Tens of millions of people worldwide, including over 1 million Americans, suffer a cardiac arrest and stroke resulting in brain injury every year. Damage occurs when the body is deprived of oxygen for extended periods of time. The most effective way to combat injury is to use cold therapy, formally called therapeutic… Read More
Rochester, MN, Police Officers Awarded for Lifesaving Actions
ROCHESTER, MN--Three police officers on Wednesday were awarded for their quick actions that helped save two lives in Rochester. Police patrolmen Charles Pendlebury, John Gantert, and Adam Ducharme were awarded with Life Saving Awards on Wednesday, for their life-saving uses of CPR and the automated external defibrillator (AED). About a month… Read More
Most ICD Athletes Can Play Sports Without Cardiac Risks
WASHINGTON, D.C.--In the end, it really wasn't much of a debate at all. Two experts, citing similar research, made the case that most athletes with heart problems requiring an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) should be allowed to participate in sports. While there did appear to be some argument as to exactly what those sports might… Read More
Researcher Develops First Blood Test to Predict Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
PROVIDENCE, RI--A researcher at the Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) at Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport Hospitals, has found that a simple blood test can predict a person's risk for sudden cardiac death, enabling physicians to more quickly and accurately assess a patient's need for an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). That paper by… Read More
New Data Illustrate Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of S-ICD System
NATICK, MA--Real-world data on the Boston Scientific Corporation S-ICD System (Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator) are highlighted online this week in the European Heart Journal. The interim analysis of the ongoing EFFORTLESS S-ICD registry, which evaluated 456 patients with a mean follow-up of 558 days, is the first real world study to date… Read More
Withholding or Termination of Resuscitation in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest
The American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians and the American College of Surgeons have issued a joint policy statement regarding withholding or termination of resusciation in pediatrial out-or-hospital traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. The abstract follows: "This multiorganizational literature review was undertaken… Read More
Akron Doctor Seeks Tech-Savvy Teens to Locate AEDs
AKRON, OH--A local doctor wants to challenge area teens to help save lives by playing a game on their smartphones. Dr. Terry A. Gordon is meeting with dozens of school superintendents, fire chiefs and police chiefs today at the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron to unveil plans to find all the automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in… Read More
Gold Gadget Could Stop Cardiac Arrest With a Smartphone
Implantable defibrillators and pacemakers have been around since the 1970s, but advances in materials science and 3-D visualization are transforming them from cumbersome life-support tools into streamlined therapies that could be props from Iron Man. Professors John Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Igor Efimov of… Read More