A tiny leadless pacemaker – the first of its kind in South Africa and a fraction of the size of a AAA battery – has been ...

The nickel-sized Pacemakers have been around for over a year, but previously, patients had to travel to Houston for the surgery. Now they will save money and precious time because the in-and-out ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pacemakers are getting upgraded. An innovative procedure now allows a doctor to communicate with a pacemaker just by putting a magnet over the patient's chest. According to Dr.

PHOENIX — It’s about the size and weight of a penny — yet it can help regulate an adult’s heartbeat. The Micra TPS pacemaker is the world’s smallest to date. Abrazo Heart Hospital in Phoenix started ...

EVERETT — An 80-year-old Mukilteo man was having problems with the idle speed of his heart. Sometimes it would beat too fast. When he was given medication to bring his heartbeat under control, it ...

Scientists are working on the world’s first micropacemaker system designed to be implanted in the pericardial sac surrounding the heart. From the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, scientists describe ...

June 26 (UPI) --A minimally invasive micropacemaker system has been developed to be inserted in the pericardial sac surrounding the heart, which could make surgery to place the devices more easy and ...

Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker system in the pericardial sac surrounding ...

Leadless pacemaker technology represents a significant advancement in cardiac rhythm management, eliminating the need for transvenous leads and reducing many of the complications associated with ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...