Roughly 3 million Americans are currently living with a pacemaker, and according to the American Heart Association (AHA), 600,000 new pacemakers are implanted each year. Now, a breaking recall ...

Pacemakers treat heart failure, a condition that happens when the heart can’t pump enough blood to the body. They’re also used to treat certain types of arrhythmias , or irregular heartbeat ...

In humans, the heart’s sinoatrial node (SAN), acts as the body’s pacemaker. A new study, published Wednesday (July 26) in Science Translational Medicine, reports two backup mechanisms that may prevent ...

Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

Often, heart block is treated with a pacemaker, which regulates the heart's rhythm. Such devices are rare in children. Only about 1 in 20,000 babies are born with heart block, and of those ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a backup natural pacemaker, which is able to generate a pulse and control the heart rate. The ...

The need for treatment with a pacemaker in newborns may also be associated with other rare types of congenital heart defects. "Newborns and small infants who need urgent pacemaker placement due to ...

A wave of contraction spreads across the heart - to the left atrium and then to the ventricles. This enables the ventricles to contract together. Sometimes, the rhythm of the heart's natural ...

A 76-year-old woman presents with a persistently rapid heart rate that she attributes to her pacemaker. What does the ECG show?

This innovative, advanced pacemaker is roughly the size of one AAA battery, making it fit into the heart efficiently. Unlike traditional pacemakers, the AVEIR DR Dual Chamber Leadless Pacemaker ...