Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said. "The device was successfully replaced ...

When your watch battery dies, you slip in a fresh one and continue with your day. When your implantable defibrillator battery gives out, you have to go under the knife. The surgery creates risks of ...

Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker has issued warnings about nearly 400,000 of the devices in use worldwide.

A type of implantable defibrillator — a device similar to a pacemaker — has developed a battery-shorting problem that can cause it to fail unexpectedly, the manufacturer said yesterday. About 87,000 ...

Her defibrillator battery was due for replacement. She also had a terminal illness. Lung cancer or the risk of a cardiac arrest? How does a doctor develop the skills to make such a decision? The ...

Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo minor surgery Saturday to replace the battery that powers a device implanted in his chest six years ago to monitor his heart and deliver a shock if it goes out ...

Two deaths have been linked to heart defibrillators made by St Jude Medical with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker as well as the US Food and Drugs Administration have issued warnings about ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro officials are checking all 46 automated external defibrillators at stations after a device used on a man having a heart attack had an insufficient battery charge. Metro ...

Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker has issued warnings about nearly 400,000 of the devices in use worldwide.