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. More than ...

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.

As the number of complex heart operations has increased over the years, so have cases of postoperative heart block, a form of arrhythmia that often requires a pacemaker and more surgery. Heart block ...

CHICAGO — One person’s used pacemaker is another person’s treasure. A program to refurbish used pacemakers could expand access to the lifesaving devices. In a clinical trial of nearly 300 people, ...

CHICAGO, IL—Reconditioned pacemakers carry the same low infection rate as new devices out to 90 days, according to preliminary data from the international My Heart Your Heart trial. The findings ...

Guidant, a subsidiary of Natick, Mass.-based Boston Scientific, has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle False Claims Act charges over the company’s alleged cost inflation for pacemakers and ...

While modern pacemakers have become impressively compact and reliable, they still depend on finite batteries that eventually wear out. For many patients, that window of battery life is between five to ...