The regular checks currently carried out on patients with pacemakers – around 500,000 in the UK – focus on ensuring the leads that connect it to the heart and the attached battery are working ...

Yet exposures ranging from the magnets in a wearable device to welding equipment or certain motor types may interfere with ...

People with a pacemaker can stay in a car at Worcestershire Royal for its annual check, by holding an object over their implanted device by their chest. Information is then downloaded on to a ...

New pacing systems have recently been specifically designed by the major companies for safe use in the MRI environment (EnRhythm, Advisa, and Revo MRI SureScan pacemakers and CapSureFix MRI leads ...

Nevertheless, it is recommended that capsule endoscopy is not performed in patients with cardiac pacemakers or other electronic devices because of the possibility of electronic interference ...

Reconditioned pacemakers are as safe as new ones, and work just as well, preliminary results from the My Heart Your Heart trial show, which could help more people receive lifesaving devices.

It's been more than a decade since a man walked into a Michigan hospital and made the unusual request to donate his late wife's pacemaker. She had the brand new device implanted just a few months ...

Medicare may cover pacemaker costs if the pacemaker is medically necessary and appropriate for a person’s treatment. The part of Medicare that covers pacemakers and their related costs will vary ...