Researchers assessed TLP indications and pacemaker programming and electrical parameters at implantation, including threshold, impedance and sensed R-wave.

Beyond the surgery Pacemakers and defibrillators do require some maintenance. Certain settings, such as how low the pacemaker will allow the pulse to go, can be adjusted over time.

Thanks to a brand new computer program, pacemaker patients can have their latest medical information instantly transmitted to their doctor. That can mean fewer phone calls and fewer hospital visits.

The University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, with help from the My Heart Your Heart program, will provide recycled pacemakers to patients overseas who cannot afford new ones. A pacemaker ...

Now a nurse, Mattula — who has worked in cardiology for about 17 years — has started a donation program to recycle used pacemakers to help animals like her old friend, Gator.

Tailored screening for heart failure combined with specialised care for impaired left ventricular function could improve outcomes in patients with pacemakers, a study found.

Pacemakers last for years and often outlast their owners, which is why the University of Michigan has been accepting donated pacemakers and reconditioning them for reuse abroad.