Patients who received leadless pacemakers experienced fewer short-term and mid-term complications overall than those who had traditional transvenous pacemakers, a Cleveland Clinic-led research study ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...

Wireless or leadless pacemakers, commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heartbeats, according to new research published today in Circulation ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta breaks down the significance.

The risk of atrial fibrillation, the most common type of heart arrhythmia, has increased with one in three people expected to develop the disease in their lifetime. Now a new study finds that the most ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A doctor at one Lowcountry hospital became the first heart specialist in the Carolinas to implant a new type of leadless pacemaker this week. Electrophysiologist Darren ...

Chicago — A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it.

The world’s tiniest pacemaker - smaller than a grain of rice - could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and then dissolves ...

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 ...

The pacemaker is being reinvented. Originally, it was developed to remedy heart rhythm irregularities by use of electrical stimulation. The first pacemaker was implanted 66 years ago, in 1958. About ...