Leadless pacemakers do not need wires or battery packs. Smaller than a AA battery, they are implanted in the top and bottom ...

Ryleigh, or Ry as she is often called, has dealt with a congenital heart defect since birth. She suffered a stroke in late 2022 and had a pacemaker implanted in early 2023. She has side effects that ...

Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker?' — -- Question: What is a biventricular pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy (also called a CRT device), ...

A Polk City woman donated her late husband’s pacemaker to BluePearl Pet Hospital in Tampa. The device can give dogs and cats ...

Implanting pacemakers in those who meet criteria for prophylactic use appears to be overtreating some patients.

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving ...

A prototype for a leadless pacemaker that converts the heart's oscillations into voltage generated 10.9% of the energy needed to stimulate one heartbeat in a laboratory benchtop experiment. If the ...

Roughly one percent of infants are born with heart defects every year. The majority of these cases only require a temporary implant for about seven days to allow time for the heart to naturally ...

Researchers creating a digital twin that for the first time replicates the heart's electrical conduction system, which ...

G ERMANTOWN, Tenn. (WMC) - Known as ‘the Pulitzer Prize’ for high school media, Germantown High School’s student-run television station, GHS-TV, is a finalist for a Pacemaker award, an honor received ...

Heart issues can strike at any time, with no warning. And they can often require serious surgeries or interventions to fix ...

In a startling development, a recent firmware update has rendered over 5,000 legacy pacemakers inoperable, leaving patients ...