Norton Heart & Vascular Institute implanted the city's first dual chamber leadless pacemaker, according to a news release. It's unique because of the its size, absence of leads that connect the device ...

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 ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses the regeneration of the cardiovascular system. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

Robert Kowal, MD, tells MD+DI how he became involved with the development of Medtronic's Micra leadless pacemaker.

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A healthy heart beats 60 to 100 beats per minute, but when that rate slows down, patients require a pacemaker. Traditional ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacing system has been approved by ...

The two regional studies utilized a lumenless, bipolar, permanent pacing lead (SelectSecure™ lead model 3830, Medtronic, Inc.) (Fig. 1). This 4.1-Fr-diameter, active fixation, steroid-eluting lead is ...

Pacemakers, relied upon by many patients with irregular heart rhythms, are not built for children. Scrambling up trees, hanging from monkey bars, and even the simple act of growing make the device ...

February 9, 2011 (Silver Spring, Maryland) — The FDA approved the first pacemaker specifically designed to be safe with magnetic resonance imaging scans [1]. Following the unanimous advice of its ...

Typical balloon placement and pretreatment sites relative to pacing/defibrillation leads. Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol EP. Central Illustration (adapted). Pacemaker and defibrillator leads encased ...