Innovative new defibrillator offers alternative for regulating heart beat

A new ground-breaking technology was recently used at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) where two cardiologists, Dr. David Birnie and Dr. Pablo Nery, implanted anew innovative leadless defibrillator, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD), to a 18year-old patient. Under Health Canada