Dr. Myerburg answers the question: 'What Does A Pacemaker Feel Like?' — -- Question: Can I tell when a pacemaker is working, will I feel it and is it uncomfortable? Answer :When a pacemaker is ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Diagnostic MRI images to assess cardiac function, perfusion, and viability could be obtained in almost all patients with MR-conditional pacemakers in a prospective study [1]. The ...

We found MRI examinations to be safe in the setting of legacy cardiac pacemakers or ICDs The majority of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) currently in use are termed ...

To date in these four patients there are 33 cumulative months of combined Rheos treatment (mean 8.3 ± 4.6 months) without observed or suspected oversensing. In those pacemakers with the capability of ...

Doctors use RF signals to adjust pacemakers so that instead of slicing a patient open, they can change the pacemakers parameters which in turn avoids unnecessary surgery. A study on security ...

If the truly dangerous stuff requires actual magnetic induction rather than RF, it's not too much of a risk. If not, a good antenna will easily overcome the assumed distance limitations, just like it ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. surgeon who implanted a nuclear-powered pacemaker into a 20-year-old woman in 1973 says the device is still going strong after 34 years and may have saved money over the long ...

Quality of Life Research, Vol. 11, No. 7, Abstracts: 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) (Nov., 2002), p. 666 (1 page) ...

Women suffering from heart failure derive more benefit than men do from a pacemaker treatment. But they are less likely than men to receive it, a new analysis shows. Cardiac resynchronization therapy ...

Health evices may reveal time and cause of death when autopsy fails, a new report suggests. Pacemakers and other cardiac devices can help solve forensic cases, according to a study presented at EHRA ...