MD+DI Senior Editor Amanda Pedersen explores the urgent need for transparency in medical device reporting, highlighting ...

Navigating the replacement of a leadless pacemaker after years can be a daunting journey filled with intricate decisions. While opting to retain the old device might appear to be the safer route, ...

VIENNA, Austria—Patients who require a pacemaker implant in the 30 days after TAVI have significantly greater risks of death up to a decade later, according to an analysis of the Swiss TAVI registry.

The prospective multi-centre BIO-LivIQ trial will enrol 325 patients across 60 sites worldwide.

The FDA is boosting a recall effort from Boston Scientific regarding batteries potentially underpowering a number of the company’s implanted Accolade pacemakers, which may need to be replaced earlier ...

But taken together, the requests formed a pattern — one that, in retrospect, traced a regulatory trail that would later reveal unexpectedly high pacemaker battery failure rates, jeopardizing the lives ...

Bradycardia is typically defined as a heart rate below 60 beats per minute. While this may be perfectly normal for athletes or physically fit individuals, it can signal a malfunct ...

Engineers developed the smallest pacemaker yet: a device smaller than a grain of rice, activated by light, and meant to dissolve after it has met the patient's need for temporary pacing. (Nature) FDA ...

Background: Patients over the age of 75 represent more than half the recipients of permanent pacemakers. It is not known if they have a different risk of complications than younger patients. Methods: ...