News tagged with heart pacemakers
Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgery
A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light
In a compact lab space at Stanford University, Oscar Abilez, MD, trains a microscope on a small collection of cells in a petri dish. A video recorder projects what the microscope sees on a nearby monitor. The cells in the ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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New type of pacemaker perfect for patients with less severe symptoms
Victor Timmins was having trouble doing even the simplest tasks; even walking was difficult.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Recycling pacemakers could save lives in needy countries
In the United States, pacemakers cost $10,000 to $50,000 to implant. About 100,000 Americans undergo the surgery each year. These life-saving devices, however, are mostly discarded in medical waste or buried with people when ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Researchers control zebrafish heart rate with optical pacemaker
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF researchers have for the first time shown that an external optical pacemaker can be used in a vertebrate to control its heart rate.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Recycling pacemakers may alleviate burden of heart disease across the globe
Millions worldwide die each year because they can't afford a pacemaker. Meanwhile heart patients in the United States say they'd be willing to donate theirs after death to someone in need.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Study confirms performance of new defibrillator with no heart leads
(PhysOrg.com) -- Results from clinical trials performed in Europe and New Zealand, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate the effectiveness of a new less-invasive, subcutaneous ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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Most eligible patients miss out on cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure
Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 11, 2009 |
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USA and Europe different in aldosterone antagonists use in heart failure
A study published today, in JAMA (October 21) by Nancy M. Albert and colleagues, exploring aldosterone antagonist usage among US patients hospitalised with heart failure, found that only one-third of patients meeting current ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Patients who received donated pacemakers survive without complications
Patients who received refurbished pacemakers donated from Detroit area funeral homes survived without complications from the devices, according to a case series reported by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center.
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Big disparities in the treatment of arrhythmias across Europe
The latest statistics regarding the use of pacemakers and implantable cardiac devices in Europe was presented on Sunday 21 June, at EUROPACE 2009, the meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)1 which takes plac ...
Jun 21, 2009 |
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Dementia drugs may put some patients at risk, study shows
Side effects associated with several commonly-prescribed dementia drugs may be putting elderly Canadians at risk, says Queen's University Geriatrics professor Sudeep Gill.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 27, 2009 |
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Towards a natural pacemaker
Artificial heart pacemakers have saved and extended the lives of thousands of people, but they have their shortcomings - such as a fixed pulse rate and a limited life. Could a permanent biological solution be possible?
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 09, 2009 |
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