LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Norton Children's Heart Institute is celebrating what it said is a medical first for the United States: the life-saving implantation of a tiny pacemaker into the chest of ...

Clinical pacemakers save lives. Implanted in patients’ hearts to keep them beating regularly, the devices are an important part of modern healthcare in the fight against potentially fatal arrhythmias.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a heart rhythm disorder, you may have considered getting a pacemaker -- but you're wary of having a small electronic ...

Abbott has taken a major step in the development of its dual-chamber leadless pacemaker technology, with the company’s first patient receiving two miniaturized, implanted devices within different ...

Tara Sellers, administrator of The Surgery Center of Key West (Fla.), an ASCOA facility, discusses seven steps to bring pacemaker generator insertions and changes to your surgery center. 1. Recruit a ...

It's an unfortunate fact that pacemakers do need to be surgically replaced every five years or so, before their battery runs out. The procedure could soon be considerably easier and safer, though, ...