While it is generally regarded as safe in people with pacemakers, there have been some reports of it interfering with pacemaker function. Diathermy is a type of therapy often used in physical ...

Former pro surfer receives a first-of-its-kind leadless pacemaker from Abbott; now he can surf his heart out…literally.

Surgeons have been opening chests and implanting pacemakers for decades. The devices save millions of people by controlling their abnormal heartbeats. Now doctors are testing a new version of ...

Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger ...

This "decision making" is done by the pacemaker on a beat-to-beat basis. In most people with pacemakers, the heart's own electrical system is generating most of the heartbeats. The pacemaker ...

Queen Sonja, pictured, will be fitted with a pacemaker. Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP Norway's 87-year-old Queen Sonja will be fitted with a pacemaker this week after recently suffering from arrhythmia ...

The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through the cut. The leads go into a large blood ...

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 ...

Kurnool: Medical experts have advised patients to consult their doctors before undergoing an MRI scan. Although MRI scans are ...

The electronic environment of the 21st Century includes a wide array of “smart” phones, wireless internet devices, personal digital assistants, and iPods, as well as more sophisticated imaging ...