A 74-year-old woman in India, suffering from complications due to an infected pacemaker, has been successfully treated with a first-of-its-kind leadless pacemaker. This minimally invasive procedure, ...

A prototype for a miniature pacemaker has been unveiled by Rohan Kumthekar, M.D., a cardiology fellow working in Dr. Charles Berul's bioengineering lab at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric ...

A prototype for a miniature pacemaker, about the size of an almond, aims to make pacemaker procedures for infants less invasive, less painful, and more efficient, measured by shorter surgeries, faster ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...

Typically, if an infant is receiving a pacemaker, open-chest surgery is required. Should a new prototype miniature pacemaker reach commercialization, however, all that will be required is a single ...

Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before deciding whether to have a permanent implant, reveals novel research. Patients are test driving a pacemaker outside the skin before ...

New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The miniaturised Micra transcatheter pacing system (TPS) is the next "medical miracle". Being the world's smallest pacemaker makes it possible to implant without any ...

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MIRACLE baby Liam King has yet again proved himself to be one tough tot. The three-month-old has overcome the second pacemaker operation of his short life and doctors are hopeful that he has also ...

Maureen McCleave, 77, had the device inserted quicker than it takes most people to change a plug. Normal pacemakers sit on the surface of the heart but Maureen had her revolutionary gadget placed ...