Hearing that you might need a stent or a pacemaker can feel overwhelming, especially if you're not quite sure what either device actually does. "A stent and a pacemaker treat entirely different heart ...

In 1992, an episode of the iconic TV show Law & Order aired a storyline that now feels eerily prescient. The episode revolved around a teenage boy who dies due to a faulty pacemaker. As detectives dig ...

Your heart's job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you're relaxing, and sometimes it's faster when you're exercising or stressed ...

A biventricular pacemaker is a device that can help the heart beat more efficiently when a person has heart failure or an irregular heartbeat. When a person has heart failure or an irregular heartbeat ...

A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance over three months, bolstering evidence for this new pacemaker option, according to results from a multi-center, international clinical ...

Heart problems are nothing new. Humans have been fascinated by electrocardiography since the era of Hippocrates (via St. Luke's Hospital Cardiology Department). With each passing century, medicine's ...