Roughly 3 million Americans are currently living with a pacemaker, and according to the American Heart Association (AHA), 600,000 new pacemakers are implanted each year. Now, a breaking recall ...

Traditional pacemakers deliver these electrical pulses through wires and electrodes that attach to the heart. Newer types of pacemakers are smaller and do not have wires. Doctors can insert ...

This little device prompts the heart to beat on time. Your cardiologist would decide whether you need a pacemaker depending on your condition. There are different types of pacemakers and your ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...

Sometimes, the rhythm of the heart's natural pacemaker process becomes disrupted - a person's heart beats abnormally. It can be abnormally slow or fast, or irregular. There are several types of ...