Technology failures, design flaws, and software bugs can be found in the most unexpected places. Now, researchers have developed a method for remotely compromising heart pacemakers surgically ...

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...

As 67-year-old Pamela Ham lay in a University Medical Center hospital bed last Monday morning, she was thankful she’s a baby boomer. Advances in medical care gave her a chance to beat back heart ...

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 people, ...

Mechanical and electrical energy are linked and can be exchanged back and forth. Just like ultrasound converts electrical voltage into pressure or sound, we can engineer similar materials onto ...

Children's National presents proof-of-concept design for miniature pacemakers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018 At 2:15 p.m. C.T. on Sunday, Nov. 11, Rohan Kumthekar, M.D., ...

Dr. William O'Neill answers the question: 'Pacemaker, Defibrillator Scenarios?' — -- Question: What is the difference between abnormal heart rhythms treated by pacemakers and defibrillators?

Mar. 22 -- FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- In dogs with damaged hearts, implanted pacemakers triggered fast improvements in tissue levels and the activity of a number of proteins crucial to heart ...

Researchers are reporting early success with a temporary heart pacemaker that simply disintegrates when it's no longer needed. So far the work has been limited to animals and human heart tissue ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia heart patients are donating their used pacemakers to pets. Channel 2 Anchor Craig Lucie met an 11-year-old husky who is alive today because of one of those used devices. The ...