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 rhythm ...

Leadless pacemakers do not need wires or battery packs. Smaller than a AA battery, they are implanted in the top and bottom ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

LARGO, Fla. — A new type of pacemaker is on the market and now helping patients with heart issues in Florida. Danette Strange-Gay, the patient, hopes to be a kidney transplant recipient after years of ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A doctor at one Lowcountry hospital became the first heart specialist in the Carolinas to implant a new type of leadless pacemaker this week. Electrophysiologist Darren ...

Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a group of heart rhythm problems that occur when the heart's natural pacemaker—the sinoatrial (SA) node, also known as the sinus node—doesn't function properly. The SA ...

Clarence inventor Wilson Greatbatch is hoping he's come up with the next big breakthrough for the pacemaker he developed more than 40 years ago. Greatbatch, working as a scientific adviser for ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - A pacemaker for the brain-- that’s what some doctors are comparing a new experimental treatment to. Deep Brain Stimulation is being used to treat people with the most severe ...