Commonly used defibrillators raise risk of problems, study suggests
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
With defibrillators, simpler may be better, according to a new study. The group reviewed more than 100,000 records of cardiac patients. They found that there was more chance of surgical problems and death with devices that require electrical leads to be attached to two chambers of the heart compared to those that work on one chamber.