Wireless or leadless pacemakers, commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heartbeats, according to new research published today in Circulation ...

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

Hoag clinical cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Rajesh Banker holds the dual chamber leadless pacemaker, which is smaller than an AAA battery. Two of Orange County’s biggest hospitals, Hoag Memorial ...

The human heart rate is under the influence of various hormonal and neural control mechanisms. Normally, conduction of an electrical impulse through the heart begins at the sinoatrial (SA) node and ...

A new leadless dual-chamber pacemaker for patients with heart issues could be available later this year, according to new research published last week and funded by Abbott Medical. The U.S. Food and ...

Patients who received leadless pacemakers experienced fewer short-term and mid-term complications overall than those who had traditional transvenous pacemakers, a Cleveland Clinic-led research study ...

Cardiologists have marked a medical first in South Africa with the successful implantation of a tiny leadless pacemaker.

Just a few weeks after Abbott presented the successful results of a trial of its Aveir DR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system—data that it said had been promptly submitted for regulatory review—the ...

A prototype for a leadless pacemaker that converts the heart's oscillations into voltage generated 10.9% of the energy needed to stimulate one heartbeat in a laboratory benchtop experiment. If the ...

BATON ROUGE, La.- Dr. Robert Drennan, electrophysiologist at CIS, used the leadless pacemaker by Abbott Aveir™ on July 15, at Baton Rouge General Medical in the catheterization laboratory. Dr. Drennan ...

Leadless pacemaker technology represents a significant advancement in cardiac rhythm management, eliminating the need for transvenous leads and reducing many of the complications associated with ...

An experimental leadless pacemaker is able to capture enough energy from the heart to partially power the device, according to results from a new proof-of-concept study. The prototype device harvested ...