Implanted medical devices, especially pacemakers, have changed and saved lives, but they've generally been considered single-use machines. Now that concept is changing. The story behind the ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Implanted medical devices, especially pacemakers, have changed and saved lives, but they've generally been considered single-use machines. Now, that concept is changing. The story ...
Despite ongoing advances in prevention techniques and monitoring systems, heart disease remains the world’s leading cause of death. A study from the University of Michigan (U-M) Cardiovascular Center ...
More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula’s dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...
More than 20 years ago, Terri Mattula’s dog Gator passed out while her husband was walking him. They took Gator to the vet and learned he had a third-degree heart block and needed a pacemaker. However ...
Pacemaker is a small device (about the size of a pocket watch) which helps to control abnormal heart rhythms. It is placed in the chest or abdomen and uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to ...
New Delhi: Abbott recently launched the AVEIR VR single-chamber ventricular leadless pacemaker in India for treating patients with slow heart rhythms. In an exclusive interview with ETHealthworld’s ...
Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...
Heart patients in Georgia are donating their used pacemakers to pets with cardiac issues that are in need of a little help. Terri Mattula, a nurse who works in cardiology, spearheaded the donation ...