“A lot of people refuse to get a pacemaker as they are worried they won’t be able to play with their grandchildren or run for the bus, but what better way to show people they should get on ...

A HEART patient turned action man who had a pacemaker fitted in his early thirties, like singer Max George, has told the pop star he can still live life to the full. The Wanted singer Max appealed ...

This "decision making" is done by the pacemaker on a beat-to-beat basis. In most people with pacemakers, the heart's own electrical system is generating most of the heartbeats. The pacemaker ...

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how ...

Dr. Spencer is an expert on pacing, including new pacemakers and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Bill, the burning question that always comes up whenever a patient with a cardiac ...

Common sources of EMI include many for which there are no known or reported interactions with pacemakers or ICDs (Slide 3), many where some caution is advised (Slide 4), and a few that are simply ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published ...

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 ...

Nevertheless, it is recommended that capsule endoscopy is not performed in patients with cardiac pacemakers or other electronic devices because of the possibility of electronic interference ...