The world’s tiniest pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves after ...

A comparison of size between the standard-size pacemaker and Robert Yung’s new one. The bulk of the procedure — 40 minutes — was spent repairing the entry point for the catheter in Yung’s groin, Shen ...

Amid allegations that an anaesthetist has been improperly inserting pacemakers into hospital patients, the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) announced yesterday that it stands behind its procedures. The ...

This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...

Generally, pacemakers improve quality of life for individuals who have a condition causing bradycardia, or a slowed heart rate. However, because there is an electrical device implanted near your heart ...

Your heart has an internal pacemaker called the sinus node. It's a group of cells, located on top of your heart, that sends electrical signals into the heart and controls your heartbeat. Sometimes, ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...

Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital’s specialist cardiac unit has inserted the world’s smallest, leadless pacemaker, self-contained within the heart and 93% smaller than conventional pacemakers. A ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

Scientists have unveiled the smallest pacemaker ever, the size of a grain of rice, which provides a temporary solution for heartbeats. This wireless, dissolvable device represents a major advancement ...