Doctors in Eastern Carolina became the first to implant a pacemaker with an antibiotic device that minimizes post-op ...

In recent years, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of wearable and implantable devices that can detect and ...

Introduction Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCD) have emerged as a valuable tool in the management of patients at risk ...

If you're scheduled to have an electrocardiogram (EKG), you may wonder what to expect. Here, we break down what you need to ...

ARVC is a genetic condition of the heart muscle that can cause arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats), heart failure, and sudden ...

An abnormal heart rhythm, also called an arrhythmia, is when your heart beats too fast, too slow, or irregularly. Here’s everything you need to know.

This is called, aptly, obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This kind of obstruction is behind many of the more troublesome and life-threatening complications of HCM. In nonobstructive HCM, the ...

Fogoros, MDMedically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD A total artificial heart (TAH) is a mechanical heart-like device that ...

In a significant medical advancement for the state, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health has successfully implanted two ...

A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School ...