The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

Roughly 3 million Americans are currently living with a pacemaker, and according to the ... and the Visionist and Valitude ...

Though a Northwestern-developed quarter-size dissolvable pacemaker worked well in pre-clinical animal studies, cardiac surgeons asked if it was possible to make the device smaller. To reduce the size ...

Background Cardiac surgery carries a heightened risk of bradyarrhythmias, but current permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation ...

Researchers have developed a tiny, temporary pacemaker that dissolves when no longer needed, helping to overcome some of the challenges associated with current devices. Temporary pacemakers are ...

Lake Forest Hospital Dr. Nishant Verma shows a new type of pacemaker being used for some cardiac patients. (Daniel I. Dorfman/ for the Pioneer Press) “I was getting tired much quicker than I ...

We therefore recommend pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery for patients who are pacemaker dependent after surgery and whose spontaneous rhythm does not recover by postoperative day 5.

Tests are broadly categorized into two types: non-invasive (meaning, no big needles, catheters, or cutting involved) and invasive. Non-Invasive Tests. Non-invasive tests include an electrocardiogram ...