Implanted medical devices, especially pacemakers, have changed and saved lives, but they've generally been considered single-use machines. Now that concept is changing. The story behind the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Implanted medical devices, especially pacemakers, have changed and saved lives, but they've generally been considered single-use machines. Now, that concept is changing. The story ...

Despite ongoing advances in prevention techniques and monitoring systems, heart disease remains the world’s leading cause of death. A study from the University of Michigan (U-M) Cardiovascular Center ...

More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula’s dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...

A system that allows physicians to manage Bluetooth-enabled pacemaker devices using an app on an Apple iPad has been approved by the FDA, medical technology maker Medtronic announced on May 2. The ...

Heart patients in Georgia are donating their used pacemakers to pets with cardiac issues that are in need of a little help. Terri Mattula, a nurse who works in cardiology, spearheaded the donation ...

More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula's dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...

New Delhi: Abbott recently launched the AVEIR VR single-chamber ventricular leadless pacemaker in India for treating patients with slow heart rhythms. In an exclusive interview with ETHealthworld’s ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...

More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula’s dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...