Among Medicare beneficiaries, implantation was especially frequent for female patients and those undergoing tricuspid valve replacement with or without concomitant left-sided heart surgeries.

The incidence of implantation of a permanent pacemaker immediately after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) increased significantly over a period of 6 years in Spain, and this rising trend ...

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.

The aim of implanting a leadless cardiac pacemaker is to detect cardiac bradyarrhythmias and deliver electric pulses to help regulate the heartbeat. Most leadless cardiac pacemakers deliver ...

CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...

Around one in every nine patients who undergo TAVI with a new-generation self-expanding device will need permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) within the next 30 days, according to an analysis of ...

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.

The eldest living president of the United States now has a pacemaker. Former President Ford had the pacemaker implanted Monday afternoon and is recovering, according to a statement from Ford's office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s doctors said on Sunday that the implantation of his heart pacemaker went smoothly and that he felt fine. Netanyahu was recovering in the hospital on Sunday ...

This guidance replaces NICE interventional procedures guidance on leadless cardiac pacemaker implantation for bradyarrhythmias (HTG484). Next review: Because this guidance contains recommendations for ...