New research finds that on extremely hot days, people with implanted defibrillators face nearly triple the odds for a ...

SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the ...

Outdoor temperatures that reach or exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit nearly tripled the number of episodes of an irregular heart ...

Innoventric’s prosthetic valve can be implanted in a 10-minute procedure. The implantation is done under conscious sedation ...

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating table to help the surgeon insert the robot arm ...

Hello Health Rounds Readers! Today we have three studies presented at medical meetings, including one testing a device that ...

The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart, a device currently undergoing clinical trials, was used in August to keep Donavan Harbison, a resident of Graham, N.C., alive for 10 days while he awaited a heart ...

The new director at the FDA overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in ...

Severe temperature spikes may double or triple the risk of irregular heart rhythm in people with implanted defibrillators. An analysis of health data for more than 2,000 people with implantable ...

Thousands of Americans with heart trouble have small implanted defibrillators, to help regulate their heartbeat and keep ...

Adaptable implant shows benefits for cleared heart arteries A new device to prop open heart arteries after interventions to unclog them adapts over time to allow restoration of the artery’s ...