In the decade 1991 to 2001 combined VVI and rate-responsive VVI fell from 72.4% to 30.5% of all CHB implants (data from British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group National Pacemaker and ...

Traditional pacemakers deliver these electrical pulses through wires and electrodes that attach to the heart. Newer types of pacemakers are smaller and do not have wires. Doctors can insert ...

Pacemakers come in different types depending on the patient's specific needs. Single-chamber pacemaker: Has one lead ...

No surgery. No wires. Dr. Hadadi says, “With these new pacemakers, nobody will even know you have one.” Patient Jonathan Rose was recently offered both types of pacemakers and made a quick ...

Surgeons have been opening chests and implanting pacemakers for decades. The devices save millions of people by controlling their abnormal heartbeats. Now doctors are testing a new version of ...

"With reconditioned pacemakers, there is worry about whether the device will cause infection and whether it will function properly," Crawford said. "The 90-day endpoint of the My Heart Your Heart ...

It's been more than a decade since a man walked into a Michigan hospital and made the unusual request to donate his late wife's pacemaker. She had the brand new device implanted just a few months ...

CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 ...

Don't let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash.  Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers ...