Atrioventricular interval modulation is being studied for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Could the new technology ...

Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady "lub-dub" that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that ...

Boston Scientific has issued a recall of Accolade pacemaker devices, according to a safety communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Accolade devices under recall include the ...

Currently, these functions are performed by bulky and intrusive devices such as pacemakers. While these were miracle machines for many decades, the surgery required to implant pacemakers is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Do people with pacemakers need to be concerned about wireless devices? — B.L. ANSWER: In most cases, there is very little risk to a pacemaker from wireless devices.

Boston Scientific said about 13% of devices from its Accolade family of pacemakers built before September 2018 face an increased potential to initiate “safety mode,” a non-programmable backup ...

These devices essentially maintain the heartbeats at a determined heart rate. Therefore, when a dog is suffering from symptoms of a low heart rate, the pacemaker keeps it consistent throughout ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Boston Scientific has issued a recall of Accolade pacemaker devices, according to a safety communication from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Do people with pacemakers need to be concerned about wireless devices? — B.L. ANSWER: In most cases, there is very little risk to a pacemaker from wireless devices. However, there are ...