Family members of Muckamore Abbey Hospital patients have branded an ongoing public inquiry into abuse at the hospital "a ...

Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger ...

The Identity pacemaker models 5370 and 5376 feature AF management, a suite of therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities designed to manage pacemaker patients suffering from AF. This tool kit includes: ...

“So, unfortunately, we are becoming increasingly dependent on people donating pacemakers directly to us, or purchasing brand new pacemakers, which can run several thousand dollars for the entire ...

Although some studies have demonstrated that, given appropriate precautions, MRI can be safely performed in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...

If you’re curious about what was invented the year you were born, RS Components compiled a fascinating list, which we’re ...

The Accent MRI pacemaker, with the Tendril MRI lead, is an MRI conditional system, offering safe performance of a full-body MRI scan on the patient using a 1.5 T (Tesla) field-strength MRI scanner.

The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through the cut. The leads go into a large blood ...

Any cardiac procedure — whether it’s a pacemaker or a valve surgery — does take a mental toll on patients, with medical literature saying almost half of them have chances of experiencing ...

A team of researchers from Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse has made significant strides in cardiac care by exploring ...