WASHINGTON, DC—The introduction of a depth guard to the Lotus transcatheter aortic valve replacement system (Boston Scientific) appears to have significantly reduced the risk of pacemaker implantation ...

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 ...

Breaking news Thursday revealed former Vice President Mike Pence underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker after experiencing a slow heart rate. But what is this device and how does it work? Pacemakers ...

Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker?' — -- Question: What is a biventricular pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy (also called a CRT device), ...

For the past 50 years, pacemakers have hardly changed, but a new device has the potential to change how pacemakers work. The device is the size of a large vitamin and is implanted via catheter rather ...

A recent report from security firm WhiteScope describes more than 8,600 flaws in pacemaker systems and the third-party libraries that power various components of the devices. The broad list of flaws ...

Cardiac patch: Schematic of the device, which comprises an array of pressure-sensitive transistors and biocompatible pacing electrodes with encapsulation layers. The device is attached to the ...

A new medical implant could help treat people with sleep apnea, a disorder that causes breathing to stop abnormally during sleep, researchers say. Patients with sleep apnea can experience pauses in ...

Dr. Vincent L. Gott was part of an innovative group of doctors who trained with Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, considered to be the father of open-heart surgery. When Lillehei performed the first open-heart ...

The FDA approved the tiny NeuroPace in November. The California company is working to reach 400,000 patients who could benefit. Lisa Robison, a 49-year-old Duluth mother of a grown son, has suffered ...

In the real world of failing hearts, artificial implants made of titanium and plastic offer little more than a nice fantasy of some distant bionic future. For people like Carl Levonius Jr., whose ...