Pacemakers and defibrillators have a growing use in pediatrics and in patients with congenital heart disease, but they present unique problems and implications for their implantation and follow-up.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Michael Silka, MD, helped to pioneer the development of indications for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in young patients. From 1998 ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

PeriCor, a company co-founded by mechanical engineering PhD student Justin Opfermann, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.

People who are prescribed opioid painkillers after receiving a heart pacemaker or defibrillator may be at risk for opioid abuse -- and the higher the initial dose, the greater the risk, according to a ...

We have an update on a story the News 4 Tucson Investigators brought you last month, about a Tucson man who was facing an unexpected surgery to deal with a dying battery in his pacemaker. He is now ...

"John Fetterman is about to undergo a standard procedure to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator," Fetterman's campaign said Tuesday. "It should be a short procedure that will help protect his ...

LARGO, Fla. — A new type of pacemaker is on the market and now helping patients with heart issues in Florida. Danette Strange-Gay, the patient, hopes to be a kidney transplant recipient after years of ...

There are unique technical issues that must be considered with the implantation of devices in small patients and those with CHD. Although most centers report low complication rates of complications in ...