Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker?' — -- Question: What is a biventricular pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy (also called a CRT device), ...

Pediatric cardiologists have implanted a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to ...

Jerry Karzen has had many successes as both a tennis player and a coach. Now he is getting the chance to extend those accomplishments with the assistance of a new generation of pacemaker. In January, ...

This experimental prototype is the smallest in the world. It can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves when it is no longer needed. Its size is very suitable for babies with heart defects.

Roughly one percent of infants are born with heart defects every year. The majority of these cases only require a temporary implant for about seven days to allow time for the heart to naturally ...

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

LARGO, Fla. — A new type of pacemaker is on the market and now helping patients with heart issues in Florida. Danette Strange-Gay, the patient, hopes to be a kidney transplant recipient after years of ...

The patients who made the biggest news at last week’s meeting of the American Heart Association in Miami were those who can talk about their “tickers” without being cute. They are the growing number, ...

March 2 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald had a temporary pacemaker implanted on Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday there, the Norwegian royal household said. "The ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...