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 ...
Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...
There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Minneapolis-based Medtronic’s application to expand the indications for certain pacemakers and defibrillators for patients with heart failure. The ...
Chuck Moon, a congestive heart failure patient, experienced significant improvement in his quality of life after receiving a Barostim device implant. The Barostim device is a new technology that acts ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - A jolt from an implanted defibrillator is a very bad sign -- heart failure patients are about six times more likely to die after they receive their first life-saving shock, ...
During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...
Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Taking medications like beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and statins ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People age 80 and older who get a pacemaker or defibrillator are more likely to die in the hospital after the procedure than younger patients, raising questions about the risks of ...