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 ...

A wireless or leadless (without wires) pacemaker was implanted in a select group of children with irregular heart rhythms during a 5-year period (2016-2021). Smaller catheters that allow easier ...

CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, ...

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how ...

For people who are having irregular heartbeats, a pacemaker is usually the recommended device to solve this health problem. As its name suggests, it regulates the heartbeat's pace to maintain the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A University of Michigan program recycles pacemakers after death for reimplantation in low- and middle-income ...

An international team of researchers has revealed a game-changing, self-sustaining, and biodegradable pacemaker, the size of a grain of rice, that may transform post-surgical cardiac care, especially ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) -UnityPoint Health – Trinity Heart Center has reached a new milestone in cardiac care by performing the Quad Cities’ first leadless pacemaker procedure, offering patients a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Koon Loh, an 81-year-old New Jersey resident, felt shocked and confused when he learned he had a condition that would jeopardize his lifestyle. In 2020, Loh discovered he had an ...