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 ...
Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...
A bit of background Both pacemakers and defibrillators are small devices that provide an electrical jolt to the heart. For pacemakers, the jolts are meant to increase the heart rate when they sense ...
Smaller smartphone accessory magnets may also pose a threat to pacemakers, defibrillators: AHA study
With stronger magnets becoming a more common fixture in the latest smartphones and consumer electronics, medical researchers have been exploring their potential effects on cardiac implants. The ...
Apple revealed which of its devices and accessories are necessarily kept away from pacemakers and defibrillators at a safe distance due to issues like magnetic interference. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER ...
Store anti-theft systems can give jolts to pacemaker-wearing shoppers and cause the devices to shut down, researchers warned Friday. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota reported that shoplifting ...
Two studies in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association raise concerns about the reliability of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), like the one Vice President Dick Cheney has ...
During the testing phase, the research team was able to make one Medtronic device release sensitive patient information off its computer chip, and got it to fire improperly and run its battery down ...
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