Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before deciding whether to have a permanent implant, reveals novel research presented today at EHRA EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2015 by Professor ...

Experiment puts decision about a permanent implant in patients' hands Bradycardia patients unsure about whether they want a permanent pacemaker can try before they buy, a small study. Investigators ...

A new pacemaker device that could improve the lives of patients with congestive heart failure is being studied by doctors at Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn as part of a nationwide ...

For decades, pacemakers have successfully treated abnormal heart rhythms in millions of Americans here and across the country, delivering electrical impulses that keep the heart beating. Implanting ...

It is safe to have an MRI with a pacemaker, as newer models are MRI-conditional. But you'll still need to talk with your ...

A new battery-less pacemaker can be implanted directly into a patient's heart. A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be implanted directly into a patient's heart is being introduced by ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday advised patients with pacemakers that have potentially defective wiring to undergo X-ray examinations to detect possible fractures in the wires that could ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. (KTVI) – A new ...

When Medtronic’s pill-sized pacemaker, the Micra TPS, was shot out of the Earth’s atmosphere and into the harsh elements of space last month, neither the device’s creators nor Shelbi Klingsporn, the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A medical conference in Italy is sparking conversation about pacemakers. EHRA EUROPACE - CARIOSTIM 2015 in Milan, Italy included a presentation by Professor Michael Giudici, director of ...

Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before deciding whether to have a permanent implant, reveals novel research. Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before ...