The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self defense can potentially interact with cardiac ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, a new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice. Designed for ...

A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns ...

Researchers at Northwestern developed a temporary pacemaker that’s so small, it can be inserted via a syringe—and will ...

A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has developed an innovative gene-therapy strategy ...

Real-world data showed that low-risk patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had 1-year ...

A rice-sized, dissolvable pacemaker powered by light may revolutionize post-heart surgery care, especially for kids, while vanishing safely in the body.

The goal is to help the littlest heart patients, babies born with congenital heart defects who have surgery and need a temporary pacemaker.

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...