Last week, Abbott began the commercial launch of its new leadless pacemaker, which it believes is a historic development in the world of cardiac rhythm devices. Aveir DR is a better option than ...

For patients with heart failure, the pacemaker can be a lifesaving device. But for all of the benefits, the existing models also come with some concerning drawbacks. The tiny wires that provided ...

Boulder Community Health’s cardiology team recently became the first in Boulder County to implant patients with the world’s smallest pacemaker. The device, known as a Micra Transcatheter Pacing System ...

BEIJING -- A Chinese research team has successfully developed a miniature self-powered cardiac pacemaker, paving a new way for the advancement of implantable electronic devices. This achievement ...

For the past 50 years, pacemakers have hardly changed, but a new device has the potential to change how pacemakers work. The device is the size of a large vitamin and is implanted via catheter rather ...

FOR THOSE whose hearts occasionally go off rhythm, pacemakers are, quite literally, life savers. By providing a small electrical jolt at the right moment, they can keep a heart working at the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The first patient at the Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center to receive the world’s smallest pacemaker implant told the hospital that the surgery was a success. Dr. John Lobban ...

Pune: A leadless capsule pacemaker — a wireless device — was successfully implanted in a 61-year-old man's heart with complete blockage through a minimally invasive catheter-based procedure, with the ...

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (CBS)-- Lankenua Medical Center in Wynnewood is looking for patients who want to take part in a study of a new pacemaker, which is much smaller than current models. The new device is ...