An implanted heart pacemaker is helping keep 74-year-old Barbara Hanson steady on her feet. 'I can keep up and I'm not worrying about whether or not I'm going to fall down,' Hanson said. 'And maybe my ...

For more than two decades, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute has been pioneering medical advances to treat cardiovascular disease. In December, Institute physicians began implanting the Medtronic ...

Which company’s pacemaker is the one that keeps going and going and going for the longest period of time? Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical announced regulatory approval Thursday in the U.S. and ...

A much smaller pacemaker that reduces the risk of complications that could be caused by traditional devices is now available in Houma. Called a Micra pacemaker, it's roughly the size of half an AA ...

A pacemaker the size of a pill has been fitted inside the heart of a UK patient in a revolutionary new operation. The wireless device used for the first time in the country at Southampton General ...

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 ...

When Bill Rushmore, a cybersecurity engineer with General Motors, talks about his next upgrade, he isn't referring to a car. Eventually, Rushmore will need a replacement for his current pacemaker to ...

Heart patients with a slow heartbeat, a condition called bradycardia, are picking up the pace and returning to normal activities thanks to a new tiny device. Cardiac electrophysiologist Wassim Ballany ...

People with Parkinson's disease who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation.

Community Healthcare System electrophysiologists are the first in Northwest Indiana to implant a new tiny pacemaker that requires no incision or skin pocket and has no lead. Need an MRI? No problem.

Iowa State basketball coach Fred Hoiberg knew that at some point he would be forced to have his pacemaker replaced. Doctors told him as much after open-heart surgery ended his NBA career in 2005. He ...