People having surgery to repair tight or leaking heart valves may receive a pacemaker more often than necessary—leading to a greater risk for life-threatening complications, studies show. It's common ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Pediatric specialists at Norton Children’s Heart Institute successfully implanted a tiny pacemaker into a baby who was born at 28 weeks gestation, believed to be the first ...

The thin, flexible, lightweight device could be used in patients who need temporary pacing after cardiac surgery or while waiting for a permanent pacemaker. All components of the pacemaker are ...

Regulating a misfiring heart has long required surgeons to permanently embed metal wires and batteries deep inside a ...

As part of a clinical trial designed to slow memory loss, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. The procedure ...

MIT engineers have developed a noninvasive pacemaker that stimulates the heart using ultrasound. The design could one day ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

Yankees manager Aaron Boone underwent surgery to put a pacemaker in place on Wednesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida. The procedure went as expected, and Boone recovered Wednesday night ...