Many older patients are unsuitable for conventional pacemakers due to limited venous access or a heightened risk of infection ...

Senior consultant cardiologist Dr Azlan Hussin says the device creates a significant opportunity to expand the number of ...

The National Heart Institute (IJN) has made medical history by becoming the first centre in South-east Asia to successfully ...

A “leadless pacemaker” is implanted in the ... joined FOX13’s The PLACE Thursday to discuss the benefits of the new pacemaker. “The risk of infection with these devices is very, very ...

Abbott published findings from the AVEIR DR i2i study evaluating the company's novel dual-chamber leadless pacemaker (LP) ...

“With these new pacemakers, nobody will even know ... “I want to see a day where everybody who needs a pacemaker, gets a leadless pacemaker and we don’t have to worry about problems with ...

“The new devices we have, like Aveir, are leadless pacemakers; the pacemaker is actually about the size of a paperclip,” says ...

From left: A traditional pacemaker and leadless pacemaker dwarf the tiny new device. [Photo: Northwestern] Generally, pacemakers are small, implanted devices that use electrical impulses to ...

In January, Karzen was one of the first patients to receive a new dual chamber leadless (pronounced LEED-less) pacemaker now offered at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. The device ...

Thankfully for Strange-Gay, a new pacemaker was recently approved for use and Dr. Jeffrey Brumfield at HCA Florida Largo Hospital felt she was the perfect candidate. “The leadless pacemaker is a ...

From left to right: Traditional pacemaker, leadless pacemaker, and new bioresorbable pacemaker. Credit: John Rogers / Northwestern University “Infrared light penetrates very well through the ...

Leadless pacemakers offer substantial benefits over ... he is positive about the new device. Mike said: "The team at Castle Hill have been looking after me since 2000/2001. I owe my life to ...