Older patients more likely to die in hospital following implantation of defibrillators:
Older patients may be more likely to die in the hospital following the implantation of defibrillators or pacemakers, according to a report in the April 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The Justice Department has an ongoing probe into heart defibrillator implants, which a big medical study recently indicated are often given to patients who fall outside medical guidelines, an association for heart doctors confirmed Friday.