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Shock to the System: Certain Wearable Gadgets Could Interfere With Implantable Cardiac Electronic Devices

Research by Benjamin Sanchez Terrones, Ph.D., and Benjamin Steinberg, M.D., suggests that some wearable smart devices could interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices such as pacemakers and ...
North Penn Now

Dr. Goya Raikar, a Pioneer in Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Pushes the Boundaries of What’s Possible

Raikar serves as a principal investigator on multiple clinical trials involving valve replacement, heart failure, and ...
Business Wire

EBR Systems’ WiSE CRT System Demonstrates Technical Feasibility of Leadless Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EBR Systems, Inc., developer of the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing system for heart failure, today announced the publication of a case report demonstrating ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

UChicago scientists invent ultra-thin, minimally-invasive pacemaker controlled by light

Sometimes our bodies need a boost. Millions of Americans rely on pacemakers—small devices that regulate the electrical impulses of the heart in order to keep it beating smoothly. But to reduce ...
Medscape

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure

6MWD: 6-min walk distance; CARE-HF: Cardiac Resynchronization-Heart Failure; COMPANION: Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing and Defibrillation in Heart Failure; CRT-D: Cardiac resynchronization ...