CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, ...

If you recently got a pacemaker due to an arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat), heart failure, or bradycardia (a heart that beats too slowly), you might have concerns about getting back into exercise.

They told me the first time it was unique, it had never happened before and it was unbelievable. But now it has happened ...

A 76-year-old woman with known ischemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 25%, and a previously inserted pacemaker presents to her cardiologist concerned that there is a problem ...

Roughly one percent of infants are born with heart defects every year. The majority of these cases only require a temporary implant for about seven days to allow time for the heart to naturally ...

An Idaho 4-year-old, Carter Grover, who was paralyzed for the second time in his life after a crash in September, continues ...

Denver, CO - Perhaps you've seen them—compact, electronic devices with complex circuitry and sophisticated programming, a state-of-the-art battery, and a single external wire separating into two leads ...

Two years ago, a medical professional approached scientists at the University of Tabriz in Iran with an interesting problem: Patients were having headaches after pacemaker implants. Working together ...

Actor Gene Hackman arrives with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 19, 2003. 9:32 p.m. Feb. 28, 2025: This story updated with new ...

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