A pacemaker can prevent or reduce dizziness, fainting, and shortness of breath caused by a slow or unsteady heartbeat. Your chest may be sore where the doctor made the cut (incision) and put in the ...

Jerry Karzen has had many successes as both as tennis player and coach. Now he is getting the chance to extend those accomplishments with the assistance of a new generation of pacemaker.

A metal box with the battery and generator goes under your skin through an incision. It works ... What’s more, the pacemaker monitors the heartbeat and activates only when it needs to.

The MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center's electrophysiology team, led by Dr. Mark Lee, performed Long Beach Medical Center's first treatment with the AVEIR DR Dual ...