Mission Hospital has implanted a pacemaker without wires, or what is commonly referred to as leads, and placed it directly ...

Implanting a permanent pacemaker after TAVI for prophylactic reasons is not associated with better clinical outcomes when compared with patients with conduction disturbances and a clear indication for ...

Medtronic recently unveiled its leadless pacemaker, which is still in development. Medtronic unveiled its eagerly anticipated leadless pacemaker at the TEDMED conference last week and already has ...

A healthy heart beats 60 to 100 beats per minute, but when that rate slows down, patients require a pacemaker. Experts say traditional versions are bulky and need two ...

The world’s tiniest pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves after ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

DUBLIN, Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced it has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for its Micra™ AV2 and Micra™ ...

The tiny pacemaker sits next to a single grain of rice on a fingertip. The device is so small that it can be non-invasively injected into the body via a syringe. Northwestern University engineers have ...