Dr. Gordon Ewy answers the question: 'Implanted Defibrillator For Prevention?' — -- Question: Will an implanted defibrillator prevent me from having a heart attack? Answer: An implantable ...

Patients with advanced cancer who also had cardiac defibrillators were more likely than those without these implants to receive aggressive end-of-life care, a team led by UT Southwestern Medical ...

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the lethal injection began, according to several witnesses. Black died at 10:43 ...

In patients younger than 19 with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, a lower body weight, indicating younger age, is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite concerns from his attorneys that a device implanted to restore his heartbeat ...