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 healthy heart beats 60 to 100 beats per minute, but when that rate slows down, patients require a pacemaker. Experts say traditional versions are bulky and need two ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Each year, 200,000 people will undergo a surgery to have a pacemaker implanted. Most pacemakers last six to 10 years. The biggest problem with traditional ...

Doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina are the first at an academic medical center to use a new procedure to implant a heart failure treatment device. The two who conducted the operation, ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has provisionally recommended leadless cardiac pacemaker implantation for patients with bradyarrhythmias who require single-chamber pacing.

The pacemaker is being reinvented. Originally, it was developed to remedy heart rhythm irregularities by use of electrical stimulation. The first pacemaker was implanted 66 years ago, in 1958. About ...

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CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...

PeriCor, a company co-founded by mechanical engineering PhD student Justin Opfermann, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.