A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University near Chicago could play a sizeable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it. Researchers unveiled the device, which they say ...

Recycled pacemakers can function as well as new devices, a University of Michigan-led study suggests. These used and reconditioned devices have the potential to increase access to pacemaker therapy in low- and middle-income countries, where many patients ...

CHICAGO -- Secondhand permanent pacemaker use in poorer countries, following thorough cleaning and repackaging, has not resulted in patient harm so far, according to the My Heart Your Heart trialists. In patients who could not afford new devices on their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The My Heart Your Heart study compared reconditioned pacemakers with that of new pacemakers among patients in low- and middle-income countries. Longer-term follow-up is ...

Reconditioned pacemakers are as safe as new ones, and work just as well, preliminary results from the My Heart Your Heart trial show, which could help more people receive lifesaving devices. More than three quarters of the 20 million deaths caused by ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — Trinity Health Muskegon was the first in the region to implant a new innovative pacemaker. The AVEIR DR, made by Abbott, is the world's first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker. "It's an exciting, groundbreaking technology, and I think it ...

Mission Hospital has implanted a pacemaker without wires, or what is commonly referred to as leads, and placed it directly inside the heart.

CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, patients who received refurbished pacemakers fared ...

CHICAGO -- A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it. Researchers unveiled the device, which they say is ...

Nancy Guthrie’s 2 a.m. pacemaker spike on the day she vanished could mean that the elderly woman was involved in a heart rate-surging struggle with her possible captors, a lead cardiologist speculated Thursday.