Don't let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash.  Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers ...

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 ...

"Access to pacemakers is limited in many low- and middle-income countries due to the relatively high cost of the devices," ...

In low-income countries, it could be 3 per million population or fewer who get pacemakers each year." Thomas Crawford, M.D., ...

Background: Conduction disturbances requiring permanent pacemaker implantation after heart surgery occur in about 1.5% of patients. Early pacemaker implantation may reduce morbidity and ...

The effects of beta-adrenergic blockade with propranolol were studied in 10 patients with complete heart block and fixed rate internal pacemakers. The patients were grouped according to the absence or ...

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 ...

Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger ...

“Access to pacemakers is limited in many low- and middle-income countries due to the relatively high cost of the devices,” ...

"After those threats had been made and as Ms Dwyer was attempting to leave the premises you punched her to the ribs, causing ...

The Identity pacemaker models 5370 and 5376 feature AF management, a suite of therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities designed to manage pacemaker patients suffering from AF. This tool kit includes: ...