You must have heard of pacemakers? They are required when the heart's natural system malfunctions, causing it to beat too slowly (bradycardia), irregularly, or even pause. All these can hinder ...

A case report describes a pacemaker patient who developed seizure-like activity and acute hypoxia from suspected venous air ...

Implantation of permanent pacemakers after heart surgery is linked to increased long-term risks for death and hospitalization for heart failure.

Following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), disturbances in the heart's electrical conduction system can make a pacemaker necessary. A recent study shows that the significance of a ...

Doctors in Mizoram have performed the state's first leadless pacemaker implantation at a government hospital in Aizawl, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing emergency surgery to have a pacemaker implanted into his chest, reports said. This decision came after an alarm on Netanyahu’s heart monitor ...

A new, temporary pacemaker is smaller than a grain of rice. John A. Rogers / Northwestern University Researchers have developed the smallest temporary pacemaker ever created. It’s littler than a grain ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has revealed that he underwent surgery last week to get a pacemaker fitted and is “doing great.” In Monday’s episode of his podcast “Arnold’s Pump Club,” the Hollywood actor and ...

A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it.