The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self defense can potentially interact with cardiac ...

A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns ...

A heavy electrical charge delivered by a taser could cause a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator to malfunction, researchers ...

Researchers at Northwestern developed a temporary pacemaker that’s so small, it can be inserted via a syringe—and will ...

Heart failure was keeping Chuck Moon from living life to the fullest, but that all changed when he took advantage of a new device.

Fiji needs about 500 pacemakers every year, more doctors who can carry out pacemaker implantation and people to provide technical support for pacemake ...

Whether newer pacing techniques can mitigate death, LV decline, and HF symptoms in TAVI patients remains to be seen.

Described in Nature, the breakthrough design incorporates a wearable patch for the patient containing an infra-red light ...

Though the device is still years away from being used in humans, it could eventually be useful for infants with congenital ...