Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electrocardiograms, or ECGs, record the electrical activity of your heart. Randy Faris/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your ...

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 ...

Boston Scientific has begun a clinical trial of its first modular cardiac rhythm implant system. It consists of a leadless pacemaker and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator—two separate devices ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pacemakers and defibrillators have saved an untold number of Americans with heart problems. Still, some who could benefit from them are reluctant to get them. In this week ...

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 ...

The Cleveland Clinic announced their team successfully implanted the world's first leadless pacemaker defibrillator system in two patients. Pacemakers provide electrical stimulation to regulate a ...

MP3 player headphones can cause potentially dangerous interactions with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. For safe use, the headphones must be at least 1.2 inches (3 cm) from the implanted ...

Less than a month after Charles “Chick” Woodfall, 78, got his defibrillator implanted in 2000, he and his wife, Nancy, 72, traveled in their nearly 27-foot motor home from the Palo Alto area to Morro ...

A group of researchers presented a study to the American Heart Association over the weekend in New Orleans and revealed that the tiny earbuds packed with MP3 players like the iPod may cause problems ...

Some portable tech devices equipped with powerful magnets can interfere with your heart implant's ability to regulate dangerous irregular heart rhythms, a new study reports. Swiss researchers found ...

BOSTON – Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday said it is recalling some defibrillator and pacemaker models that could fail because of an electrical flaw. The recall is the latest in a string of product ...

The indications for pacing in children and patients with CHD are slightly different than in adults, mainly reflecting the broad range of ages and concomitant structural heart disease involved. [4] The ...