Medtronic has received FDA clearance for a mobile app that allows patients to remotely forward data from their pacemakers with their physicians. The app is paired with a device, the MyCareLink Smart ...
Routine echocardiographic screening followed by specialist heart failure services could improve outcomes for patients with pacemakers, according to a study led by the University of Leeds and Leeds ...
Patient families often think that there are no complications when a pacemaker’s battery is low, so they anticipate an easy swap of the pacemaker from .
A groundbreaking international clinical trial has been testing an implanted adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS) device as a treatment therapy for Parkinson’s.
Some patients who require placement of a permanent pacemaker for conduction disturbances after TAVI have declines in heart function not seen after the procedure or in the early months thereafter, a ...
VIENNA, Austria—Patients who require a pacemaker implant in the 30 days after TAVI have significantly greater risks of death up to a decade later, according to an analysis of the Swiss TAVI registry.
A retired policeman has become the first in the UK to have a new leadless pacemaker defibrillator system implanted which is designed for patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. David Mills, 56, ...
Norton Heart & Vascular Institute implanted the city's first dual chamber leadless pacemaker, according to a news release. It's unique because of the its size, absence of leads that connect the device ...
According to a new study published in ESC Heart Failure, nearly 1 in 5 elderly patients with a permanent cardiac pacemaker and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have transthyretin amyloid ...
Investigators are exploring pacemaker signal tracking as the FBI continues the search for Nancy Guthrie.
The device also dissolves once it is no longer needed, making invasive removal a thing of the past.
The wire-free pacemaker could benefit patients recovering from cardiac surgery, without the need for added operations to remove it. Reading time 2 minutes A team of scientists created a novel type of ...