“That can cause symptoms like chest discomfort, breathing abnormalities, palpitations or flutters in the chest,” Winterfield said. “Unregulated, in some patients, can cause heart failure. And most ...

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has performed the first known atrial leadless pacemaker implants in patients with lateral tunnel Fontan circulation and extracardiac Fontan, According to a Feb ...

UC Davis Health has achieved a medical first that brings new hope to congenital heart patients born with a single ...

David Register recently celebrated his 70th birthday and, considering his medical history, that’s no small feat. The ...

Both conditions are serious, but with a blood thinner to combat clots and a pacemaker to regulate his heartbeat, Davidowitz successfully completed the 2025 New York City Marathon last November, and ...

Nancy Guthrie is still missing and presumed to be abducted, but she could be located with the help of a pacemaker.

An expert tells PEOPLE why pacemakers have Bluetooth technology, and how it can help locate Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother ...

Balance athletic goals with arrhythmia risk: match the device model and sensor to the sport, and use stress testing to set detection zones and avoid inappropriate therapy.

One initial treatment is a cardioversion, which involves using a defibrillator to deliver an electric shock to the heart to restore rhythm. It’s often successful, but sometimes only temporarily.

Beebe Healthcare has become the first hospital in Delaware to offer the AVEIR® DR Dual Chamber Leadless Pacemaker, a newly available option for certain patients with atrial fibrillation who require ...

The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances. By Gina Kolata Like an estimated three million Americans, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of the NBC News ...

[Image courtesy of Biotronik] Biotronik today announced the successful first-in-human implantations of its LivIQ leadless pacemaker system. The implants came in Australia as part of the company’s ...