Omission of defibrillation testing did not significantly affect mortality or shock efficacy in most recipients of ...

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when ...

Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies born with heart defects.

What Is an ICD? Like a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is a device placed under your skin. It also contains a computer that tracks your heart rate and rhythm.

Pacemaker (PM) and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recalls and safety alerts (collectively referred to as "advisories") occur frequently, affect many patients, and are increasing in ...

Generally, pacemakers treat bradycardia, or a slow heartbeat, and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) can treat tachycardia, or fast heartbeats.

Tennessee death row prisoner Byron Black has filed a motion to deactivate his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady "lub-dub" that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that ...

Right-heart valve deterioration traced to pacing type, revealing distinct tricuspid vulnerability with right-ventricular lead placement.

Joseph Jeanmarie dealt with the pain, mostly working at a pain level of eight out of 10. Now, new technology his helping him get his life back.

Glucotrack, which is developing a glucose monitor that is implanted through a minimally invasive surgery, said the small study met safety and performance goals.

A scientific team from the University of Liège has just developed an innovative polymer, PHOx, which could significantly ...