A new injectable, temporary pacemaker could help correct a heart arrhythmia in an emergency. This nanoparticle gel can regulate the heart’s electrical signals for up to five days before ...

Tan and other members of the pediatric heart team filed for emergency approval to use an adapted version of the device that was suitable for babies. It's the smallest pacemaker in the world.

When the pacemaker’s job is done, it simply dissolves into the body. The device has a finite operating time of between a few days and about three weeks, Rogers says, depending on the choice of ...

Illinois doctor Jeffrey Schiappa saved a 17-year-old girl at Disney World after she collapsed with Long QT syndrome by ...

It's not every day someone with a double heart rolls up to the emergency room. CLOSE. ... Though the man was fitted with a pacemaker in 2001, his condition was considered end-stage ...