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 ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators do require some maintenance. Certain settings, such as how low the pacemaker will allow the pulse to go, can be adjusted over time. Doctors have computers that can ...

An implanted combination cardiac resynchronization device and defibrillator reduces deaths from mild heart failure by 29% compared with a defibrillator alone, researchers reported Sunday. The ...

A Tennessee judge ruled Tuesday that the state can deactivate a death row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device at a ...

An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a medical device similar to a pacemaker. However, it is somewhat larger (about the size of a small pager) and its main job is to save your life ...

Cite this: Pacemaker and Defibrillator Therapy in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease - Medscape - Sep 01, 2008. Abstract and Introduction Pacemaker Therapy ...

Most defibrillators can also act as pacemakers. Sometimes the defibrillator shocks when it shouldn't. If you're having frequent shocks, a doctor needs to check the device to see whether it needs ...

More than 3 million Americans have a permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), according to the researchers. Current surveillance for CIED malfunctions is based on the U.S.

Dr. William O'Neill answers the question: 'Pacemaker, Defibrillator Scenarios?' — -- Question: What is the difference between abnormal heart rhythms treated by pacemakers and defibrillators ...

A pacemaker is a small device implanted under the skin that controls abnormal heart rhythms. It's commonly used in people with heart conditions where the heart beats too slowly or irregularly. In ...

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will soon undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator, his campaign announced Tuesday. Fetterman, who is front-runner for the Democratic nomination for ...

But defibrillators, some of which can also perform the function of a pacemaker, have a switch that can be deactivated with an external magnetic field, and when researchers from the Henry Ford ...