This new pacemaker features a flexible membrane that ... advised to avoid certain medical scans such as X-rays. The new technology promises to minimize these interactions, potentially allowing ...

A 75-year-old woman suffering from sick sinus syndrome has successfully undergone a breakthrough leadless pacemaker implant at a Delhi hospital. This minimally invasive procedure significantly reduces ...

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 ...

The medical team led by Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman, Cardiology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, decided on an advanced ...

This review will describe the outstanding issues and controversies surrounding the safety of MRI imaging in pacemaker patients and the potential benefits of the new MRI-conditional technology.

Dr. Sagi further explains, “The advantage of this new technology is that there are two separate pacemakers that are implanted; one in the bottom chamber, one in the top chamber.” The two ...

Pacemakers manufactured after 28 August will come with the new firmware pre-installed. "As with any firmware update, there is a very low risk of an update malfunction," the FDA said. The regulator ...

A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable implants ...

As pacemaker technology becomes more complex and sophisticated, new systems present new challenges and more complex modes of failure. The risk of lead failure probably is higher than the risk of ...