Balance athletic goals with arrhythmia risk: match the device model and sensor to the sport, and use stress testing to set detection zones and avoid inappropriate therapy.

More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula’s dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...

(National) June 16, 2004 - Twenty-first century technology is making life easier for people with pacemakers. Thanks to a brand new computer program, pacemaker patients can have their latest medical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wireless pacemakers may be a safe and effective short-term option for children requiring permanent pacing.

If you have a pacemaker, you know how much it’s changed your life, but many people in low and middle-income countries don’t have access to that same treatment. The reasons are simple: pacemakers are ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A University of Michigan program recycles pacemakers after death for reimplantation in low- and middle-income ...

But the Johnson County Coroner’s Office and local funeral homes are teaming up to put those devices to use for people in need ...