A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves. A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from ...
Do cell phones and electronic surveillance systems in airports, for example, pose a risk to permanently implanted cardiac pacemaker battery packs? —Joshua Grossman, MD, Johnson City, Tenn. Patients ...
In 2012, John K (name withheld on request) received a pacemaker implant in his heart. Fast forward to January 2022, 74-year-old John underwent the pacemaker battery replacement surgery at a local ...
After Emily Coles suddenly collapsed at home, she had to put her life on hold while doctors investigated the cause. Emily now knows that her heart had stopped beating for ten seconds, but at the time ...