The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding healthcare providers about the risk of major complications if cardiac perforation occurs during leadless pacemaker implantation. Cardiac ...

Traditional pacemakers have a battery and thin wires, called leads, connected to the heart. This new version helps regulate ...

The incidence of implantation of a permanent pacemaker immediately after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) increased significantly over a period of 6 years in Spain, and this rising trend ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...

The company shared new real-world findings for Aveir DR at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). These add to strong ...

Few children have had the opportunity to receive this tiny pacemaker, but Aurora, born in March, was the second South Texas ...

Connected medical devices do pose security risks, but the nightmare scenario of a hacked pacemaker being used for an assassination is not top-of-mind for the executives in charge of security at major ...

Engineers developed the smallest pacemaker yet: a device smaller than a grain of rice, activated by light, and meant to dissolve after it has met the patient's need for temporary pacing. (Nature) FDA ...

Doctors at Madras Medical Mission Hospital in Chennai have successfully implanted leadless dual-chamber pacemakers in two ...

CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...