Chinese scientists have achieved an important medical breakthrough by creating the world’s first laboratory-grown sinoatrial node, often called the heart’s master conductor. This tiny part of the ...

Children's National presents proof-of-concept design for miniature pacemakers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018 At 2:15 p.m. C.T. on Sunday, Nov. 11, Rohan Kumthekar, M.D., ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Two Mercyhealth hospitals performed its first dual leadless pacemaker procedures. Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville and Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside have each ...

A local patient this summer became the first in the Quad Cities to receive a leadless pacemaker at UnityPoint Health – Trinity Heart Center, marking a significant step in minimally invasive heart care ...

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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Adventist Health Hanford is the first Central Valley hospital to offer patients the "world's tiniest pacemaker." The first procedure was done in May. The average pacemaker is ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing emergency surgery to have a pacemaker implanted into his chest, reports said. This decision came after an alarm on Netanyahu’s heart monitor ...