Study finds lasting, reliable performance for wireless pacemaker
Science Daily - Heart Disease
JULY 30, 2024
A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance over three months, bolstering evidence for this new pacemaker option.
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First dual chamber leadless pacemaker implanted in a child
Science Daily - Heart Disease
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Pediatric cardiologists have implanted a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child.
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Top-ranked hospitals for pacemaker placement, by state
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
California and Florida have the most top-ranked hospitals for pacemaker or defibrillator placement in the U. according to the WebMD Choice Awards.
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Predictors of permanent pacemaker requirement in aortic stenosis patients undergoing self-expanding valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the cusp overlap technique
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
This study aims to identify risk factors for conduction disturbances in such patients using a specific fluoroscopic cusp overlap (COL) technique.MethodsThis retrospective study analyzed AS patients who underwent TAVR with SEV from 2019 to 2022, excluding those needing pacemakers or valve-in-valve procedures.
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Texas cardiologist 1st in nation to place dual-chamber leadless pacemaker
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
A cardiologist from the Heart and Vascular Institute at Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center became the first in the nation to place a dual-chamber leadless pacemaker.
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First dual chamber leadless pacemaker implanted in a child
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
DECEMBER 20, 2024
UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this week in the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.
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Amvia Sky Launched in Canada, the World’s First Pacemaker Approved for LBBAP
DAIC
JULY 11, 2024
Fadi Mansour performed the first Canadian implant of BIOTRONIK ’s newest pacemaker and CRT-P generation earlier this year at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. The patient received an Amvia Sky HF-T QP triple chamber pacemaker device.
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Case Report: Dual-chamber pacemaker for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with bradyarrhythmia and idiopathic pericardial effusion: a report of two cases and literature review
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
To manage the complex comorbidities, we opted for dual-chamber pacemaker implantation. Meanwhile, a dual-chamber pacemaker can treat HCM by changing the sequence of myocardial contraction. Subsequent examinations and follow-up revealed that pacing significantly reduced LVOT obstruction and corrected heart rhythm.
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Ventricular Fibrillation, ICD, LBBB, QRS of 210 ms, Positive Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, and Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 2, 2024
Pacemaker mediated tachycardia! Pacemaker mediated tachycardia , also called "Endless Loop Tachycardia," cannot happen during atrial fibrillation, so the A fib must have converted. Another ECG was recorded 12 minutes later: Paced rhythm, probable Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia ? The patient was admitted without angiogram."
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Reused Pacemakers Good as New in Early Safety Data
Med Page Today
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Secondhand permanent pacemaker use in poorer countries, following thorough cleaning and repackaging, has not resulted in patient harm so far, according to the My Heart Your Heart trialists. In patients who could.
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HonorHealth Research Institute Study Uses New Programing for Pacemakers to Control High Blood Pressure Without Additional Drugs
DAIC
JUNE 20, 2024
milla1cf Thu, 06/20/2024 - 19:40 June 20, 2024 — A programing algorithm, being tested by HonorHealth Research Institute for those patients with new or recently installed pacemakers, is designed so the device not only provides a steady heartbeat, but also controls high blood pressure.
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UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker
DAIC
MARCH 26, 2024
UC San Diego Health is the first in San Diego to successfully implant the world’s first dual chamber and leadless pacemaker system to help treat people with abnormal heart rhythms. Holding the device and pictured above is Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD, cardiologist and director of pacemaker and ICD services at UC San Diego Health.
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Study finds lasting, reliable performance for wireless pacemaker
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JULY 30, 2024
A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance over three months, bolstering evidence for this new pacemaker option, according to results from a multi-center, international clinical trial co-led by a Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigator.
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Reconditioned pacemakers worked as well as new ones
American Heart News - Heart News
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Research Highlights: Pacemakers reconditioned with an FDA-approved protocol worked as well as new devices in a study of nearly 300 people in seven low- and middle-income countries. The study compared the function and safety of reconditioned pacemakers.
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Orchestra BioMed Announces Initiation of BACKBEAT Pivotal Study of AVIM Therapy in Hypertensive Pacemaker Patients
DAIC
JANUARY 19, 2024
The BACKBEAT pivotal study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of atrioventricular interval modulation (“AVIM”) therapy (also known as BackBeat CNT), for the treatment of pacemaker-indicated patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite the use of antihypertensive medications. Orchestra BioMed and Medtronic, Inc. vs. 14.3%).
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Elutia Announces FDA Clearance of EluPro: The First Antibiotic-Eluting BioEnvelope Designed to Protect Patients with Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators
DAIC
JUNE 17, 2024
Specifically designed to prevent post-operative complications for devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators, EluPro incorporates powerful antibiotic therapy combined with advanced tissue engineering to create a BioEnvelope that over time regenerates into a protective pocket of the patient's own tissue.
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Tiny pacemakers can safely stabilize newborns' hearts for up to two years
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 3, 2025
A pacemaker modified for newborns' tiny bodies safely and effectively stabilized their heart rhythms for up to two years, according to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.
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Pacemaker-Lead Dislodgement and Cardiac Perforation
The New England Journal of Medicine
MAY 15, 2024
A 96-year-old woman presented with a 1-day history of pleuritic chest pain 4 days after a pacemaker was implanted for complete heart block. Electrocardiography showed complete heart block.
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Study finds some male cross-country skiers at higher risk for bradycardia and pacemakers
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Men who perform well in the cross-country ski race Vasaloppet are at increased risk of having abnormally low heart rates and pacemakers later in life. However, the researchers behind the study did not uncover any link to increased mortality, rather the opposite—the skiers lived longer than the general population.
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Recalled Pacemakers; FDA Rejects Full Andexxa Approval; Ticagrelor Back in Hot Seat
Med Page Today
DECEMBER 17, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is alerting clinicians to a recall of Boston Scientific's Accolade pacemakers, which have an increased risk of permanently entering "safety mode," possibly requiring early device replacement. The agency also cleared.
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Predictors and 5-Year Outcomes of Pacemaker After TAVR
American College of Cardiology
JUNE 13, 2024
What are the rates of a permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation, the predictors of needing a PPM, and long-term clinical outcomes of the third-generation balloon-expandable SAPIEN 3 (S3) transcatheter heart valve (THV)?
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Recycled pacemakers function as well as new devices, international study suggests
Science Daily - Heart Disease
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Recycled pacemakers can function as well as new devices, according to a new study. These used and reconditioned devices have the potential to increase access to pacemaker therapy in low- and middle-income countries, where many patients cannot afford the treatment.
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Pacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally—new research
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
MARCH 17, 2024
By harnessing light, my colleagues and I designed a wireless, ultrathin pacemaker that operates like a solar panel. This design not only eliminates the need for batteries but also minimizes disruptions to the heart's natural function by molding to its contours.
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Leadless vs. Transvenous Pacemakers After TAVR
American College of Cardiology
JULY 18, 2024
What are the national trends in utilization of leadless pacemaker implantation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and its performance compared with transvenous pacemakers?
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Back to basics: what's going on here?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
AUGUST 18, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s presented with history of pacemaker presented with shortness of breath with exertion and presyncope. The ECG shows pacemaker failure with inability to capture or sense, with either underlying atrial fibrillation or junctional escape rhythm. large boxes ).
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HeartRhythm
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Based on the historical studies of leadless pacemakers (LP), high atrio-ventricular synchrony (AVS) with mechanical sensing-based VDD pacing is largely influenced by A4-amplitude. A limited study investigated the predictors of A4-amplitude using clinical and echocardiographic parameters.
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Pacemaker Implantation Among Cross-Country Skiers
American College of Cardiology
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Does prolonged, high-intensity endurance training increase the risk of bradycardia requiring pacemaker implantation and ultimately the long-term mortality risk?
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Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
MAY 13, 2024
Lead of a pacemaker is often called as its Achilles Heel as most of the problems in a pacing system occur with the leads. Hence the quest for leadless pacemakers which are implanted within the heart through a delivery system. Single chamber leadless pacemakers have been around for quite some time. It was also delivered in 18.7%
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Cardioneuroablation eliminating cardiac asystole associated with area postrema syndrome: a case report and literature review
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
OCTOBER 31, 2024
BackgroundThere have been few instances of symptomatic bradycardia-arrhythmia in the context of area postrema syndrome (APS), and some of them have been implanted permanent pacemakers. Brady-arrhythmia was presented in all patients, and 9 patients were implanted temporary or permanent pacemakers.
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Clinical characteristics and mortality in all Czech patients after pacemaker implantation in the last decade
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Background and aims Analysis of mortality from the national health registries and data from a specific central registry dealing with the implantation of pacemakers (REPACE) in Czech patients. Almost 114,000 pacemakers were implanted between 2010 and 2021, of which 27.9% years old] between 2010 and 2021. were single-chamber, 67.4%
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NYU Langone surgeons implant world's tiniest pacemaker
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
A team at New York City-based NYU Langone successfully implanted the world's smallest pacemaker into a newborn baby suffering from a congenital complete heart block.
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Antiarrhythmic Drugs and Syncope or Pacemaker Implant in AF
American College of Cardiology
MARCH 18, 2024
What is the association between antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) use and the risk of pacemaker implantation or syncope in patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) receiving early rhythm control therapy with AADs?
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Case Report: Leadless and left bundle branch area pacemakers, complementary advantages require a personalized approach
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JULY 30, 2024
Traditional transvenous pacemakers consist of a pacemaker generator usually positioned surgically in the upper left chest on the pectoral muscle fascia and one or more leads positioned through the veins to the right atrium and across the tricuspid valve to the right ventricular apex.
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FDA issues alert over pacemakers after 2 deaths
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The FDA has issued a safety alert for some Boston Scientific Accolade pacemakers after reports of a battery-related manufacturing issue causing the devices to initiate safety mode. The devices have limited functionality when in safety mode and may be unable to provide optimal cardiac support.
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What type of devices should a person with a pacemaker be cautious about?
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Pacemakers are cardiac implantable electronic devices. As they use radiofrequency signals for programming, other radiofrequency signals can interfere with the function of pacemakers. Notable one is magnetic resonance imaging if you consider in hospital scenarios.
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Substantial Site-Level Variation in Pacemaker Implantation Rates Post TAVR
American College of Cardiology
MARCH 1, 2024
Despite decreasing rates of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after TAVR, substantial site-level variation persists, suggesting the need for quality improvement initiatives like replicating best practices from high-performing sites and increased guideline-based education, according to a recent study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. (..)
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ACC.24 Case Report: Leadless Pacemaker Extractions, with José López, MD
HCPLive
APRIL 10, 2024
24 related to leadless pacemaker extraction and reimplantation. José López, MD, discusses a case series from ACC.24
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PACEMAKER ECG: PSEUDOFUSION - FUSION
ECG Guru
AUGUST 3, 2023
Here is a Pacemaker-ECG with no signs of PM-malfunction: Beat A is an intrinsic beat (atrial fibrillation). Beat B is a pseudofusion beat. Beat C is a fully paced beat. Beat D is a fusion beat. Ventricular fusion is the electrical summation of an intrinsic beat of the heart and depolarization from a pacing stimulus.
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Intraoperative Leadless Pacemaker Implant During Valve Surgery
American College of Cardiology
AUGUST 26, 2024
What is the long-term safety and efficacy of intraoperative leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) implantation?
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Pacemaker-induced atrial fibrillation reconsidered—associations with different pacing sites and prevention approaches
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JUNE 17, 2024
The incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is significantly higher in patients with pacemakers than in the general population, which could be due to patient characteristics and the diagnostic tool of the pacemaker in detecting atrial high-rate episodes and subclinical AF, but also to the pacemaker itself providing AF-promoting conditions.
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Case Report: Complete AV block in two patients with a congenital absence of the right coronary artery: an unusual correlation
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 6, 2025
The patient underwent a dual-chamber pacemaker implantation for complete AV block. Coronary angiography showed mild, non-obstructive atherosclerosis in the dominant left circumflex artery (LCx), which continued along the anatomical course of the RCA.
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Experienced surgeons could reduce the need for pacemakers after heart valve surgery
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
People having surgery to repair tight or leaking heart valves may receive a pacemaker more often than necessary—leading to a greater risk for life-threatening complications, studies show.
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Dual chamber pacemaker with leads on Chest X-ray
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
Dual chamber pacemaker with leads on Chest X-ray
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A Leadless Pericardial Pacemaker
HeartRhythm
JANUARY 30, 2025
Cardiac pacemakers have complications related to long pacemaker leads, subcutaneous pockets and endovascular hardware.
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