A doctor says a new wireless pacemaker is a game changer for heart patients at risk of infection. Consultant cardiologist Dr ...

A healthy heart beats 60 to 100 beats per minute, but when that rate slows down, patients require a pacemaker.

this leadless pacemaker eliminates the need for chest incisions, generator pockets, or insulated wires. Instead, the device is implanted directly into the heart’s right ventricle, thereby ...

A team of heart experts in Southampton is taking part in the global trial A new pacemaker with no leads, aimed at preventing a sudden cardiac arrest has been implanted in a man's chest during a ...

Although some studies have demonstrated that, given appropriate precautions, MRI can be safely performed in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...

More information: Daniel Cortez, Dual Chamber Aveir Retrievable Leadless Pacemaker Implant via the Right Internal Jugular Vein in a 13‐year‐old With Congenital Complete Heart Block, Pacing and ...

Unlike conventional pacemakers, the leadless pacemaker is directly implanted in the heart chamber without the need for chest incisions and generator pockets. Since the pacemaker is directly ...

An 85-year-old woman presented complaining of chest pain one week after discharge from another hospital, where she had undergone the placement of a dual-chamber pacemaker to treat sick sinus syndrome.

The safety of these devices with regard to their interference with implanted pacemakers is as yet unknown and is the point of interest in this study. Methods and Results: The study comprised 100 ...

The innovative device leaves no chest incision or scar, causing minimal interference with day-to-day ... Not every patient will be a suitable candidate for a leadless device. Last year, 600 ...