Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The first pacemaker implantation was performed in 1958, and the technology has undergone many advances since ...

The human heart rate is under the influence of various hormonal and neural control mechanisms. Normally, conduction of an electrical impulse through the heart begins at the sinoatrial (SA) node and ...

MANCHESTER, UK — There have been many recent advances in cardiac rhythm management, notably the use of leadless pacemakers and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs), experts ...

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

Before his leadless pacemaker, Ben Cairns would tire easily and often feel unwell in the mornings due to a slow heart rate that even exercise would not quicken. For adults, a normal resting heart rate ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) -UnityPoint Health – Trinity Heart Center has reached a new milestone in cardiac care by performing the Quad Cities’ first leadless pacemaker procedure, offering patients a ...

Hoag clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Rajesh Banker holds the dual chamber leadless pacemaker, which is smaller than an AAA battery. Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial ...

Photo Credit: Adapted from Brown K. TCT 564: A new perspective: intracardiac echocardiographic guidance for the implantation of a left atrial appendage occluder device (Watchman) with a leadless ...

A D.C. hospital is among a handful around the nation involved in clinical trials on a next generation of pacemaker used to control heart rhythm. “The leadless pacemaker technology is a very ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...