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

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 ...

Glucotrack, which is developing a glucose monitor that is implanted through a minimally invasive surgery, said the small ...

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

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

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

Here at the New York Valves meeting, hosted by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, panelists mulled over the options: either transvenous lead extraction or entrapment ("jailing") of the lead by ...

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.

A team of engineers at Northwestern University have created the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s activated by light and can be inserted via syringe.

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.