For patients with heart failure, the pacemaker can be a lifesaving device. But for all of the benefits, the existing models also come with some concerning drawbacks. The tiny wires that provided ...

Billed as the world’s smallest pacemaker, Medtronic’s new Micra TPS (Transcatheter Pacing System) is about the size of a large vitamin capsule. At about one-tenth the size of a regular pacemaker, ...

ORANGE, Calif. (KABC) -- A new tiny pacemaker packs a lot of power and it's only about the size of a pill. Unlike traditional pacemakers, the MICRA Transcatheter Pacing System from Medtronic is ...

Boulder Community Health’s cardiology team recently became the first in Boulder County to implant patients with the world’s smallest pacemaker. The device, known as a Micra Transcatheter Pacing System ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...

Ten years ago, two pediatric heart specialists approached USC biomedical engineer Gerald Loeb with an idea for a new ...

A pacemaker is a small electronic device that helps keep the heart beating regularly. It can represent a life-changing treatment for heart conditions such as arrhythmias. It is generally not too ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The first patient at the Mon Health Heart and Vascular Center to receive the world’s smallest pacemaker implant told the hospital that the surgery was a success. Dr. John Lobban ...

FOR THOSE whose hearts occasionally go off rhythm, pacemakers are, quite literally, life savers. By providing a small electrical jolt at the right moment, they can keep a heart working at the ...

Generally, pacemakers improve quality of life for individuals who have a condition causing bradycardia, or a slowed heart rate. However, because there is an electrical device implanted near your heart ...

I recently finished the Silo series by Hugh Howey, a self-published collection of novellas that details life in a near-future, post-apocalyptic world where all that remains of humanity has been ...