Traditional temporary pacemakers involve a tangle of ... Using light pulses, they changed the contraction of two heart chambers to match a natural beat. “You can pace the heart in very ...

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

Generally, pacemakers are put in because the heart is going too slowly for one of two reasons. The first is that the heart's natural pacemaker - an area known as the sinus node which generates the ...

Veryl Rosenbaum, a lively resident at Vista Grande in Cortez, was kind enough to share parts of her colorful story, though ...

More than six million Americans are living with heart failure and over 900,000 new cases are being diagnosed each year. By ...

The sinus node refers to the heart’s natural pacemaker. This prevents the heartbeat from originating in the sinoatrial node, which creates sinus rhythm. Instead, it causes it to originate in ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican said on Monday. The 88-year-old pontiff battled several health issues all his life, which the doctors say could ...