The leads that connect external pacemakers to the heart can potentially cause problems, either if they're removed or left in place. German scientists are therefore developing an alternative, in the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Cardiac surgeons could use a patent-pending invention by Purdue University engineering students to standardize a test that determines if a pacemaker's leads, or the thin ...

Infection of pacemaker leads can develop into a serious systemic infection. Since investigations have shown that lead infection could originate from the site of pacemaker implantation, identification ...

Look at the nail on your smallest finger. Chances are that it's about twice as big as the pacemaker Medtronic is hoping to build in the next five years. The Minnesota based medical technologies giant ...

OTTAWA – Health Canada says there is a rare, but potential risk of cardiac strangulation in children implanted with epicardial wires connected to a pacemaker. The wires are used in children with heart ...

FDA approval covers both single chamber (SR-T) and dual chamber (DR-T) Entovis pacemakers when implanted with Setrox pacing leads. “With the Entovis longevity and the history of lead reliability, this ...

OTTAWA – Health Canada says there is a rare, but potential risk of cardiac strangulation in children implanted with epicardial wires connected to a pacemaker. The wires are used in children with heart ...

BOSTON — Cardiac pacemakers save countless lives by prompting balky hearts to beat regularly. It’s not a big deal to implant one: The device and its battery slide into a pocket made under the skin of ...

Background A 70-year-old man with diabetes mellitus, fever of unknown origin and oliguria was admitted to hospital. Blood cultures were positive for a Staphylococcus aureus infection and antibiotic ...