'Heart-Zapping' Heart Defibrillator for the US

Published date : 01 October 2012
Article date : 01 October 2012

 

The Washington Times reports on a 'heart-zapping' implant from Boston Scientific that claims to be the first-of-a kind that does not directly touch the heart. 
 
The article says that implantable defibrillators use thin wires to send electrical signals that disrupt dangerous heart rhythms. Surgeons have traditionally connected the wires to the heart through a blood vessel in the upper chest. Apparently, the new device uses wires that sit just below the skin’s surface and do not need to be threaded through the heart’s blood vessels.
 
Source: The Washington Times, 28 September 2012
Source: The Washington Times, 28 September 2012
Read the original article here.
 
A further story appears in the Chicago Tribune.
 
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