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Bookmark or Share- Abbott Announces First-in-World Leadless Pacing Procedures in the Left ...As a result, physicians believe this pacing approach could improve the physiological response from the heart compared with other pacing options. The seamless integration of CSP procedures with leadless pacemaker technology has the potential to deliver unique benefits over traditional pacemakers.
- What you should know about recalls of cardiac devicesA pacemaker monitors your heart's rhythm and, when necessary, generates a painless electrical impulse that triggers a heartbeat. ICDs work much like pacemakers, but they can also detect potentially life-threatening rapid heart rhythms and deliver a strong shock that jolts the heart back into a normal rhythm.
- FDA and Boston Scientific issue urgent alert about pacemaker failures ...The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Boston Scientific today sent an urgent alert to patients and healthcare providers about the potential need for early device replacement of some Accolade pacemakers.. The company announced a recall for a subset of its Accolade devices because of an increased risk of permanently entering the safety mode. . This has limited functionality, making the ...
- Rethinking the Brain Pacemaker: How Better Materials Can Improve ...Experimenting with materials to manage the unpleasant side effects of external noise in brain pacemakers . From the Journal: AIP Advances The authors combined graphene, polypropylene, and nanoclay to create novel biomaterials to use in the outlet gate of brain and heart pacemakers, the component responsible for controlling and transmitting signals.
- First dual chamber leadless pacemaker implanted in a childPacemakers are typically placed in children with congenital complete heart block, a rare condition that can lead to sudden death and affects 1 in about 15,000 to 22,000 children. Congenital complete heart block may occur due to repaired congenital heart disease or genetic predisposition.
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