Both patients and health care professionals should be aware of potential pacemaker interactions in the environment, since cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are sensitive to many kinds of ...
Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...
Concerns that electromagnetic interference from standard airport metal detectors could adversely affect the pacing and sensing functions of pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators ...
ROCHESTER, NY — Event-detection algorithms used by the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (LifeVest WCD, Zoll Medical) may be fooled into delivering an inappropriate shock in patients with implanted ...
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 ...
SUDDEN death in persons with artificial pacemakers is a continuing and disturbing problem. Causes include pacemaker-catheter displacement, electric-component failure, broken wires and rising pacing ...
Technology failures, design flaws, and software bugs can be found in the most unexpected places. Now, researchers have developed a method for remotely compromising heart pacemakers surgically ...