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 ...

A doctor says a new wireless pacemaker is a game changer for heart patients at risk of infection. Consultant cardiologist Dr ...

By Steve Stricker Columnist Dr. Mark Campbell, Autum, Derek, Dorothy (Oxford Stern Cardiovascular Clinic Staff), Vallery, Carlen, Katlan, Madison (In-room preparation and monitoring), Dr. Mark, Derek, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Although some studies have demonstrated that, given appropriate precautions, MRI can be safely performed in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...

The area's first patient to have a leadless pacemaker fitted said the 'new model sounds much more positive compared to the ...