Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.

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CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, ...

A pacemaker could help reverse symptoms of heart failure by encouraging the heart to use more efficient fuel, according to ...

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

Surgical procedure. Image by Pfree2014 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Surgical procedure. Image by Pfree2014 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A new, tiny device can be inserted with a syringe to act as a pacemaker.

If you recently got a pacemaker due to an arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat), heart failure, or bradycardia (a heart that beats too slowly), you might have concerns about getting back into exercise.

Millions of people have benefited from pacemakers since the first one was implanted in 1958, but the basics facets of the design have remained unchanged. These devices are still battery-operated, with ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville baby made headlines two years ago when she received the tiniest pacemaker ever implanted into a human at that time. Heavenleigh was born early, at just 28 weeks and five ...

The tiny pacemaker sits next to a single grain of rice on a fingertip. The device is so small that it can be non-invasively injected into the body via a syringe. Northwestern University engineers have ...