BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese research team has successfully developed a miniature self-powered cardiac pacemaker, paving a new way for the advancement of implantable electronic devices.

Mission Hospital has implanted a pacemaker without wires, or what is commonly referred to as leads, and placed it directly ...

The FDA has approved the first wireless heart pacemaker. The Micra Transcatheter system is a self-contained device. It's just 1-inch long, it doesn't have wires and it's implanted by a flexible tube ...

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) -UnityPoint Health – Trinity Heart Center has reached a new milestone in cardiac care by performing the Quad Cities’ first leadless pacemaker procedure, offering patients a ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville baby made headlines two years ago when she received the tiniest pacemaker ever implanted into a human at that time. Heavenleigh was born early, at just 28 weeks and five ...

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

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, ...