Dallas, TX - Automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy can now be extended to children under the age of 8, thanks to an AED that delivers smaller, "child-size" shocks but utilizes the same ...

A Fayetteville fire department has a new tool that can help save the lives of more children. The Lafayette Village Fire Department is the first in the Carolinas to carry pediatric defibrillator pads.

Advanced second- or third-degree AV block, with symptomatic bradycardia, ventricular dysfunction or low cardiac output. Sinus node dysfunction with symptoms during age-inappropriate bradycardia.

CHICAGO - Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, has designed a defibrillator with the potential to resuscitate young children who experience sudden cardiac arrest. The ...