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 people, ...

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For a handful of patients who've received the first wire-free pacemaker, the results are still good after 18 months, researchers reported Wednesday. Unlike traditional pacemakers, the new device -- ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that help manage heart rhythm problems, but they work differently.

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

If you recently got a pacemaker due to an arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat), heart failure, or bradycardia (a heart that beats too slowly), you might have concerns about getting back into exercise.

Ten years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died not long after undergoing a routine heart surgery to remove a temporary pacemaker. Heavy bleeding occurred when the ...

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated ...

Researchers have created organic materials for brain and heart pacemakers, which rely on uninterrupted signal delivery to be effective. Using a plastic base known as polypropylene, the researchers ...

Denver, CO - Perhaps you've seen them—compact, electronic devices with complex circuitry and sophisticated programming, a state-of-the-art battery, and a single external wire separating into two leads ...