Biotronik designed its leadless pacing system to use atrial electrical far-field sensing. The company says it would represent ...

Hoag clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Rajesh Banker holds the dual chamber leadless pacemaker, which is smaller than an AAA battery. Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial ...

Atlanta-based health care system Piedmont announced on Tuesday that Piedmont Athens Regional cardiologists were among the first in the Southeast to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker system.

A study of miniaturized, leadless pacemakers found that, due to their smaller size, they could provide a promising, short-term option for certain children with abnormally slow heartbeats. These ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Norton Children's Heart Institute is celebrating what it said is a medical first for the United States: the life-saving implantation of a tiny pacemaker into the chest of ...

Pediatric cardiologists have implanted a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to ...

Clinical pacemakers save lives. Implanted in patients’ hearts to keep them beating regularly, the devices are an important part of modern healthcare in the fight against potentially fatal arrhythmias.

Last year, scientists at Northwestern University announced a transient pacemaker that dissolves when no longer needed. They've now improved the device, and incorporated it into a linked suite of ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — After undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video appearance from a hospital near Tel Aviv. Wearing a crisp dark ...