The world’s very first fully implanted pacemaker, in 1958, lasted three hours before the batteries failed. It was replaced by one that lasted two days. Ultimately, Arne Larsson – surgical guinea pig – ...

The COMPAS study enrolled a total of 538 patients at 43 centers in France from February 2006 to January 2008. Patients, who presented with classic indications for a pacemaker, were implanted with a ...

When Bill Rushmore, a cybersecurity engineer with General Motors, talks about his next upgrade, he isn't referring to a car. Eventually, Rushmore will need a replacement for his current pacemaker to ...

Data presented during a Late Breaking Clinical Trial at Heart Rhythm 2014 is the industry’s largest study of remote management of pacemaker patients ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- St. Jude Medical ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced that data presented during a Late Breaking Clinical Trial Session during Heart Rhythm ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medtronic announced that it has received FDA approval for a mobile app-based remote monitoring system for ...

The government has approved a pacemaker outfitted with a tiny transmitter that can tell your doctor how your heart is doing _ the first medical implant capable of such real-time monitoring. The ...

A: Baseline electrocardiogram of the patient in case 2 demonstrating sinus rhythm with right ventricular pacing. B: The presentation electrocardiogram of the patient in case 2 with pacemaker failure ...

Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new service that provides Web-based remote monitoring follow-up services for patients with pacemakers. The new service, which was made available to cardiology ...