A new pacemaker option has arrived in central Louisiana with faster recovery and no arm restrictions.

Pacemakers are medical devices implanted in the body to regulate heart rhythms. They're composed of electronic circuits with batteries and leads anchored to the heart muscle to stimulate it. However, ...

Jerry Karzen has had many successes as both a tennis player and a coach. Now he is getting the chance to extend those accomplishments with the assistance of a new generation of pacemaker. In January, ...

Mission Hospital has implanted a pacemaker without wires, or what is commonly referred to as leads, and placed it directly inside the heart, allowing for a minimally invasive procedure. According to a ...

Mather Hospital physicians have implanted what the hospital says is the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system, bringing the cardiac technology to patients in Port Jefferson. According ...

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electrocardiograms, or ECGs, record the electrical activity of your heart. Randy Faris/The Image Bank via Getty Images Your ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...