Clinical pacemakers save lives. Implanted in patients’ hearts to keep them beating regularly, the devices are an important part of modern healthcare in the fight against potentially fatal arrhythmias.

Needing a permanent pacemaker after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) was linked to mortality in Swedish registry data. Such risk was not apparent in the first few years: all-cause mortality ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Among nearly 25,000 Swedish patients who received ...

St. Luke’s Structural Heart team is among the first in Pennsylvania to use the ShortCut device, improving safety in complex valve-in-valve TAVR procedures.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TAVR was tied to similar long-term mortality vs. surgical AVR for severe aortic stenosis. But use of ...

For patients with transvenous pacemaker leads, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) can be performed safely with a low risk for periprocedural complications, according to a new ...

Additionally, several new trials reporting longer-term follow-up on MICS coronary and valve surgery have demonstrated durable ...

Few children have had the opportunity to receive this tiny pacemaker, but Aurora, born in March, was the second South Texas ...

Complete healing from pacemaker surgery can take up to 6 weeks. However, people may need to restrict themselves from certain activities, such as heavy lifting, for longer. Factors such as age and ...