The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can become a race against time to restore balance. For decades, doctors have ...

HHMI Investigator Mark Krasnow and his colleagues conducted extensive phenotyping of hundreds of mouse lemurs, screening for anatomical and medical differences that could help locate the origins of ...

Biotronik today shared preclinical results for its LivIQ leadless pacemaker system at Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2026 in ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville baby made headlines two years ago when she received the tiniest pacemaker ever implanted into a human at that time. Heavenleigh was born early, at just 28 weeks and five ...

Imagine a heart patient with a pacemaker—one of the millions who rely on these tiny, implanted devices to keep their hearts beating steadily. While pacemakers save lives every day, their ability to ...

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) today shared new study findings supporting its pulsed field ablation (PFA) and conduction system pacing ...

Share on Pinterest Could a battery-free pacemaker improve heart disease management? Image credit: Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images. An estimated 5% of people worldwide have an abnormal heartbeat, and ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

A chance mistake in 1956 by Wilson Greatbatch led to a groundbreaking discovery. He accidentally created a consistent ...