Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — A transcatheter leadless pacemaker had a high implant success rate and a low rate of major ...

Specialized pacemaker cells are found naturally in the heart. But if pacemaker cells go awry, the heartbeats slow down, causing fainting or even sudden death. Patients with slow heartbeats who are ...

As a child, Spokane resident Holly Tucci enjoyed being active despite constantly feeling tired. Tucci, 41, was diagnosed after birth with a congenital heart defect – a complete heart block and murmur.

(WTNH) — There’s a major recall that you need to be aware of on Monday. The FDA says more than half a million people’s pacemakers could be hacked. The Food and Drug Administration discovered flaws ...

Though a Northwestern-developed quarter-size dissolvable pacemaker worked well in pre-clinical animal studies, cardiac surgeons asked if it was possible to make the device smaller. To reduce the size ...

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 ...

MRIs show incredible detail and help doctors diagnose medical issues that were invisible years ago, but people with pacemakers couldn’t undergo MRIs until now. A medical breakthrough makes MRIs safe ...

Like implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) before them, pacemakers were found to be susceptible to interference from electromagnetic fields emitted from personal electronics, household ...