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 ...
Then the doctor will guide the leads through the blood vessel into different chambers of the heart. The doctor will place the pacemaker under the skin of your chest. He or she will attach the leads to ...
just under the skin of the left shoulder. The leads use sensors, or electrodes, to detect the patient's heartbeat and then send electrical impulses to the heart to provide pacing, if needed.
We are exploring enhancements to make the device compatible as a wearable pacemaker. This involves integrating a wireless light-emitting diode, or LED, beneath the skin that is connected to the device ...
The lead extends to the pacemaker, which is fitted between the skin of the upper chest and the chest muscle. The fitting of artificial pacemakers is one of the most common types of heart surgery ...