Abbott Laboratories is pushing the envelope with its pacemaker program. The Abbott, IL-based company has nabbed approval for what it is calling the first dual chamber leadless pacemaker. The Aveir ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

The patients who made the biggest news at last week’s meeting of the American Heart Association in Miami were those who can talk about their “tickers” without being cute. They are the growing number, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Novel miniature pacemakers were safely implanted in neonates and infants requiring pacing. The pacemakers ...

A newly launched leadless atrial pacemaker, implanted for the first time in the region at SSB Hospital Faridabad, offers a safer option for elderly patients.

“If it weren’t for the pacemaker implantation, we would have had to remove the area in the brain responsible for the seizures, with all the medical consequences that accompany such a case.” ...

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways Pacemakers are sensitive to electric and magnetic fields found in numerous devices and machinery.If you have a pacemaker, avoid electromagnetic ...

Defibrillators and pacemakers help the heart maintain a regular rhythm. Defibrillators deliver a shock if the heart goes into arrhythmia. Pacemakers use electrical impulses to keep the heart from ...

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