Brazil and Real Madrid legend Roberto Carlos, 52, is recovering well after a planned preventative heart procedure, dismissing ...
This summer, doctors at UnityPoint Health performed the QCA's first leadless pacemaker procedure. Now, Dr. Helbert Acosta ...
Because only about 90 minutes passed between your mother’s initial dose of the anticoagulant and the stroke, it is more likely the cause was a preexisting condition rather than an immediate ...
Dear Doctors: After getting a pacemaker, my 90-year-old mother was diagnosed with A-fib. She resisted taking a blood thinner for stroke risk but finally agreed. Not 90 minutes after the first pill, ...
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are small, battery-powered devices implanted under the skin to manage abnormal heart rhythms. Pacemakers deliver low-energy electrical ...
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Engineers developed the smallest pacemaker yet: a device smaller than a grain of rice, activated by light, and meant to dissolve after it has met the patient's need for temporary pacing. (Nature) FDA ...
TCT 305: The Landmark RESPECT Results Reaffirmed with Real-World Procedural and Safety Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure Using the AmplatzerTM PFO and AmplatzerTM TalismanTM Occluders ...
In an evolution of medical technology that dates to the 1950s, pacemakers that contain no lead components and are less intrusive than earlier versions are on the market. This year marked the ...