electronic defibrillator

Even with the constant CPR, firefighters still had to use an automatic electronic defibrillator to bring Manor's heart back to life.

Some experts deem that a worthy question for any maker of the devices, known as automated electronic defibrillators, or A.E.D.'s.

Studies show that the test identifies heart patients who are currently eligible for electronic defibrillators made by companies like Guidant but are highly unlikely to ever need them.

An electronic defibrillator has been implanted in his abdomen, a tiny device with wires that reach to his heart to shock it back into beating if it stops again.

John J. Kelley, a semiretired owner of an insurance agency in Lorain, Ohio, said he had been reluctant to buy an automated electronic defibrillator as long as he needed a prescription.

If the tests confirm that risk - as Mr. Cheney said he expected they would - the doctors will immediately implant an electronic defibrillator under the skin to monitor the heartbeat and guide or shock it back to normal if it gets too rambunctious.