Recycled pacemakers can function as well as new devices, a University of Michigan-led study suggests. These used and reconditioned devices have the potential to increase access to pacemaker therapy in ...

Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, ...

Pacemakers reconditioned with an FDA-approved protocol worked as well as new devices in a study of nearly 300 people in seven low- and middle-income countries. The study compared the function and ...

Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.

Innovative symbiotic transcatheter pacemaker harvests heart motion energy for lifelong pacing. Learn how this could transform ...

Understanding the fundamentals of these unique functions enables the cardiac device specialist to tailor the pacemaker to the patient. This article, the second in a two-part series, will focus on the ...

Abstract A pacemaker is a device implanted into a patient’s chest; it sends small electrical signals via leads placed in the heart and is used to treat clinically significant bradyarrthymias. This ...

Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, ...

Patients who met inclusion criteria of systolic BP ≥ 160/80 mmHg taking at least three antihypertensive medications underwent implantation of the Rheos System. Each center's Institutional Review Board ...