Experiment puts decision about a permanent implant in patients' hands Bradycardia patients unsure about whether they want a permanent pacemaker can try before they buy, a small study. Investigators ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A medical conference in Italy is sparking conversation about pacemakers. EHRA EUROPACE - CARIOSTIM 2015 in Milan, Italy included a presentation by Professor Michael Giudici, director of ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The world's smallest pacemaker is now being tested in humans and it was created by Minnesota based Medtronic. Because it is so small, implanting the device is minimally invasive as well.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early testing in 33 patients showed that a self-contained, single-chamber leadless cardiac pacemaker was safe ...

In the normal heart, the heart's lower chambers (ventricles) pump in sync with the heart's upper chambers (atria). When a person has heart failure, often the right and left ventricles do not pump ...

A new small, wireless self-contained pacemaker appears safe and feasible for use in patients, according to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Although traditional ...

When Medtronic’s pill-sized pacemaker, the Micra TPS, was shot out of the Earth’s atmosphere and into the harsh elements of space last month, neither the device’s creators nor Shelbi Klingsporn, the ...