Following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), disturbances in the heart's electrical conduction system can make a ...

Both treat electrical problems, but their roles differ significantly — one regulates rhythm, the other stops dangerous ones.

Implantation of permanent pacemakers after heart surgery is linked to increased long-term risks for death and hospitalization for heart failure.

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 ...

FDA approves Abbott's Aveir VR Mini, a smaller leadless pacemaker offering more implant options for patients with slow heart ...

Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at risk of perioperative conduction system damage leading to permanent ...

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin have been making waves in the world of cardiology with a new battery-less pacemaker, ...

The newly approved device is 14% shorter than the previous version and gives clinicians more options when making implant ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a heart rhythm disorder, you may have considered getting a pacemaker -- but you're wary of having a small electronic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of finger balancing a grain of rice next to tiny pacemaker for size comparison Roughly one percent of infants are born ...

The Aveir VR Mini ventricular leadless pacemaker [Image courtesy of Abbott]Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that the FDA ...