Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

• Novel ICD implantation configurations may make device implantation more feasible in small patients and complex CHD. Bauersfeld U, Tomaske M, Dodge-Khatami A et al.: Initial experience with ...

Dr. Friedman answers the question: 'Types Of Pacemakers, Best Candidates?' — -- Question: What are the different kinds of pacemakers and is there a special kind for each person? Answer :A ...

Dr. Brian Olshansky answers the question: 'Can A Pacemaker Be Monitored Online?' — -- Question: I have heard that my doctors/nurses can follow what my pacemaker is doing through the Internet. Is ...

Cleveland Clinic doctors were the first in the world to successfully implant leadless pacemaker defibrillator systems in two patients as part of a global clinical trial sponsored by Boston Scientific, ...

Researchers have discovered that an implantable heart device, a combination of a defibrillator and pacemaker, is vulnerable to hackers. According to a study, authored by researchers at the University ...

Data presented during a Late Breaking Clinical Trial at Heart Rhythm 2014 is the industry’s largest study of remote management of pacemaker patients ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- St. Jude Medical ...

Less than a month after Charles “Chick” Woodfall, 78, got his defibrillator implanted in 2000, he and his wife, Nancy, 72, traveled in their nearly 27-foot motor home from the Palo Alto area to Morro ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

The indications for pacing in children and patients with CHD are slightly different than in adults, mainly reflecting the broad range of ages and concomitant structural heart disease involved. [4] The ...

As part of a global clinical trial, Cleveland Clinic has successfully implanted a leadless pacemaker defibrillator system in the world's first two patients, according to a news release. The novel ...