Pacemaker therapy that boosts impaired heart rate (HR) response to exertion failed to improve exercise capacity or quality of life in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

University of Iowa researchers found using pacemakers to stimulate a patient’s heart rate can protect the heart from injury and mimic the benefits of exercise. Nearly 6.2 million adults in the U.S.

A pacemaker the size of a nickel can now be implanted in patients, report experts. When a lower heart rate is present, the heart is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the body during normal ...

Medtronic has received FDA clearance for a mobile app that allows patients to remotely forward data from their pacemakers with their physicians. The app is paired with a device, the MyCareLink Smart ...

<cutline_leadin>‘PUSHING THE LIMITS’:</cutline_leadin> Bill Bogard, 76, bikes 150 miles a week. <252><137>After open-heart surgery, he had a pacemaker implanted in his chest in 2008. But when his ...