A local hospital where the state has been ordered to disconnect a death row inmate’s heart device before his execution now ...

A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row ...

Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, or a higher court review, with the ...

The appeal was filed by the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) on Wednesday, one day after Davidson County Chancellor ...

A judge has ruled that a death row inmate's heart device must be deactivated when he receives a lethal injection in Tennessee ...

A death row inmate who suffers from dementia, brain damage and heart failure has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme court.

An ICD, or implantable defibrillator, is a small battery-powered device that’s placed to prevent sudden death.

GETTING SEPSIS IN THE HOSPITAL IS A RED FLAG FOR FUTURE HEART ATTACKS, STUDY FINDS An ICD, or implantable defibrillator, is a small battery-powered device that’s placed to prevent sudden death.

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 rhythm if needed.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are battery-operated devices surgically implanted in the heart to prevent life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, or irregularities in the heart’s rate ...

BALTIMORE – Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier ...

Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died at age 89.