(Reuters Health) - Patients who have just survived a heart attack and consequently have a dangerously-weak heart face a high risk of sudden death. Giving them a wearable defibrillator that can restart ...

For thousands of Coloradans at serious risk for a sudden heart attack, some doctors and patients say a high-tech vest that literally jumpstarts the heart can be the difference between life and death.

TULSA, Okla. — Mike Larkin, a 75-year-old military veteran, and his wife Terry are about to take the trip of a lifetime. Mike said he and his wife are going to Paris for a cruise through Prague and ...

A Pawnee County man is recovering at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital Thursday morning. He's only the second Oklahoman to have his heart jump started by a special device. Ralph Dooley still has his sense ...

INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, Fla. — Regis Magyar "died" four times this year. That is his heart went into fibrillation and stopped working — once while in the hospital, twice while at home and once as he was ...

MONDAY, March 28, 2016 -- A vest containing a defibrillator may be an option for some heart patients who can't use an implantable defibrillator -- the device that can shock the heart back to a proper ...

FRIDAY, Sept. 28, 2018 -- Wearable defibrillators do not lower the chances of dying from sudden cardiac arrest among high-risk patients who've just had a heart attack, a new investigation concludes.

SUSSEX (WITI) -- It's not a fashion statement. It's a life saving medical device. The LifeVest is a wearable defibrillator you can wear under your clothes, that will shock you if you have a heart ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The FDA recently approved a wearable defibrillator to protect children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. The vest is a good alternative to an implantable device that requires ...

The vest itself consists of a chest garment and electrode belt worn as a vest, with a display unit and monitor/defibrillator carried in a holster that can be worn as a waist belt or over the shoulder.