LARGO, Fla. — A new type of pacemaker is on the market and now helping patients with heart issues in Florida. Danette Strange-Gay, the patient, hopes to be a kidney transplant recipient after years of ...

About eight months after claiming stateside approvals, Medtronic has secured a green light in Europe for the latest generation of its miniaturized leadless pacemakers. The CE mark covers the company’s ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...

Hoag clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Rajesh Banker holds the dual chamber leadless pacemaker, which is smaller than an AAA battery. Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial ...

Credit: John A. Rogers/Northwestern University/Cover Images Engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed an ultra-small pacemaker that can be non-invasively injected into the body ...

Complete healing from pacemaker surgery can take up to 6 weeks. However, people may need to restrict themselves from certain activities, such as heavy lifting, for longer. Factors such as age and ...

Patient families often think that there are no complications when a pacemaker’s battery is low, so they anticipate an easy swap of the pacemaker from .

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 ...