Heart failure symptoms have been reversed in patients with a new pacemaker that changes how the heart is fuelled.

Robert Kowal, MD, tells MD+DI how he became involved with the development of Medtronic's Micra leadless pacemaker.

Biotronik designed its leadless pacing system to use atrial electrical far-field sensing. The company says it would represent the world’s first intracardiac pacemaker to do so. It enables ...

A pacemaker could help reverse symptoms of heart failure by encouraging the heart to use more efficient fuel, according to ...

A research team from Northwestern University in the United States has reported that they have developed a tiny pacemaker that is just 1 mm thick and small enough to fit inside the tip of a syringe, ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

Patients suffering from obsessive, distressing thoughts have a new treatment option: a pacemaker-like device that relieves anxiety with electrical jolts to the brain. NEW YORK: Patients suffering from ...

A man who had a pacemaker fitted when he was just nine years old has gone on to complete two marathons. Kieran Cooper, of ...