In patients showing ongoing symptoms, we found it’s much more important to go ahead and put that transvenous pacemaker in and keep them stable.” While the researchers suggest rapid preventive action ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

The implantable defibrillator with subcutaneous leads, designed in part to minimize the risk for potentially serious lead-related complications, has reached a milestone by turning in a "noninferior" ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Prior research has established the subcutaneous ICD as a reasonable alternative to the transvenous ICD in ...

(HealthDay News) — The world’s smallest pacemaker is safe and effective in patients with symptomatic bradycardia, according to the first human clinical trial of the device. The findings were presented ...

A 67-year-old man with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction had recurrent ventricular fibrillation that required insertion of temporary pacemaker. When a permanent pacemaker was inserted stable ...

Patients who received a leadless pacemaker had similar rates of acute complications and survival at 30 days as those who received a transvenous VVI pacemaker, according to data presented at the ...

An indication for a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in a patient with an intracardiac shunt requires a balancing of the risks and benefits associated with a transvenous ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. (“AtaCor”) announced today that it will present initial findings from its first-in-human extravascular implantable cardioverter ...

"Mechanical and electrical energy are linked and can be exchanged back and forth," said lead study author Babak Nazer, M.D., an associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington in ...