After four weeks, he emerged with a prototype external cardiac pacemaker, which was put into use just days later by Lillehei on a young patient. This Medtronic 5800 Model External Pacemaker might be ...

Julie Bowen revealed that she needed a pacemaker at just 29 years old due to a heart condition that results in her having a low resting heart rate.

Julie Bowen shared that she got a pacemaker when she was 29 after doctors warned her that he had a heart condition that could lead her to pass out.

NICE has issued draft guidance supporting leadless pacemakers for patients with bradyarrhythmias who require single-chamber pacing.

The aim of the present work is to investigate the influence of the high level currents injected by an external defibrillator in a pacemaker (PMK) placed in the human trunk. A modified version of the ...

Leadless Pacemakers: Advancing cardiac pacing technology at MountainStar Healthcare’s St. Mark’s Hospital.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT)—Heart Pacemakers have been around for decades, but newer options are becoming available. Novant Health officials say the procedure to give a patient a heartmaker is relatively ...

ABSTRACT: This article summarized the nursing problems and corresponding nursing strategies of 18 cases of external diaphragm pacemakers in the application of elderly patients with lung cancer after ...

Scientists just unveiled the world’s tiniest pacemaker. Smaller than a grain of rice and controlled by light shone through the skin, the pacemaker generates power and squeezes the heart’s muscles ...