Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the Sheba Medical Center where early Sunday morning he had a cardiac pacemaker implanted. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) When you ...

LOS ANGELES — Substituting biventricular (BiV) pacing for standard right ventricular pacing led to significant improvements in survival and hospitalization for heart-failure patients with ...

Objective:To identify the frequency of atrioventricular (AV) conduction improvement after discontinuation of the culprit drug in patients with AV block. Background:AV blockers are considered as ...

Mobitz type I, also known as the Wenckebach block, is a subtype of second-degree atrioventricular (AV) block. Mobitz type I is a type of conduction disorder, which happens when the electrical signals ...

Medtronic Biventricular Pacing Reduces Risk of Death and Heart Failure Visits by 27 Percent, Demonstrating Superiority and Real-World Clinical Benefits Compared to Right Ventricular Pacing MINNEAPOLIS ...

Patients with atrioventricular (AV) block who don’t have an indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do better when treated with conduction-system pacing versus right ventricular septal ...

Following the receipt of the U.S. and European approvals earlier this year, Medtronic plc’s MDT Micra AV received regulatory go ahead in Canada as well. Micra AV — which is the world’s smallest ...

DUBLIN, Jan. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Micra™ AV, the world’s smallest pacemaker with ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Better indicators of high-grade atrioventricular (AV) conduction system abnormalities following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) could be gleaned from an intraprocedural ...

First-degree ventricular (heart) block affects the electrical signal that makes the heart beat. It causes a delay in a portion of the heart beat and may lead to a slow heart beat. Healthcare ...