AVIM is a pacing algorithm incorporated into dual-chamber pacemakers to treat hypertension ... blood pressure after 6 months compared with control patients. Another pivotal trial run in ...

These light pulses guide the heart’s rhythm without the need for invasive wires or external control boxes. Traditional temporary pacemakers involve a tangle of wires that exit the body through ...

It can happen anytime, even when you’re sleeping. When you have a wandering atrial pacemaker, control of your heartbeat shifts from your SA node to other parts of your atria, the two upper ...

In such cases, surgeons now must often sew a wire onto the heart that’s attached to an external box that delivers a current to control the heart’s rhythm. When the pacemaker is no longer ...

The day he was born, Mikey was approved for the adapted pacemaker. On December 17, he was taken into surgery. After the surgery, Mikey stayed in the pediatric cardiovascular care unit for another ...

To minimize these risks, the researchers sought to develop a dissolvable pacemaker, which they introduced in Nature Biotechnology in 2021. By varying the composition and thickness of materials in the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Do people with pacemakers need to be concerned about ... still need medication to keep their diabetes under optimal control. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer ...