Balance athletic goals with arrhythmia risk: match the device model and sensor to the sport, and use stress testing to set detection zones and avoid inappropriate therapy.

Bradycardia, a resting heart rate below 60 bpm, may seem harmless but can signal a serious rhythm disorder. Often mistaken for fatigue or ageing, symptoms include dizziness, weakness, fainting, and ...

A slow heart rate, or bradycardia, means the heart beats fewer than 60 times per minute. Normally, the heart’s natural ...

In a first for South Africa, doctors here have made medical history with the implantation of a leadless pacemaker. The procedure was performed at Netcare Unitas Hospital in November by cardiologist Dr ...

Last year at age 76, I was diagnosed with sinus node dysfunction after several episodes of what I’d call being “spaced out,” for lack of a better term. I couldn’t explain these instances to myself, ...

Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a heart rhythm problem that affects your heart's natural pacemaker. You may develop symptoms of SSS like dizziness, fainting, and fatigue. Treatment may include lifestyle ...

Engineered fluid process technologies enable development of new-gen cardiac implants. A Nordson EFD case history offers insights into the design, manufacture, assembly and fluid process behind ...

Today on CNN 10, we get an update on a measles outbreak that has spread to multiple states in the US. We also find out why UN schools that serve Palestinians in areas occupied by Israel have been ...

VIENNA, Austria—Patients who require a pacemaker implant in the 30 days after TAVI have significantly greater risks of death up to a decade later, according to an analysis of the Swiss TAVI registry.

A 76-year-old woman with known ischemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 25%, and a previously inserted pacemaker presents to her cardiologist concerned that there is a problem ...

When Sarah and Michael Oliveri went to their 20-week ultrasound for their third pregnancy, they thought to knew what to expect. Their previous visit had been stressful — doctors had detected an ...