Mikey Oliveri was born too small for any existing pacemaker options. Doctors turned to an innovative, adapted option.

Although pacemakers can limit some activities, they improve quality of life; with second-degree heart block, you can resume ...

First-degree ventricular (heart) block affects the electrical signal that makes the heart beat. It causes a delay in a portion of the heart beat and may lead to a slow heart beat. Healthcare ...

Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

This is called "AV dissociation" and occurs in complete heart block (a.k.a. 3rd degree heart block). In this situation, the P waves have their own rate (tachycardic here) and the QRS complex have ...

Montpellier and Copenhagen have identified why some endurance athletes experience a heart rhythm disturbance called ‘heart block’. The University of Manchester-led study found that long-term exercise ...

Heavenleigh Weilage was the first child in the country to receive a pacemaker so small it’s the size of a large pill.

An American baby, born prematurely after a heart block—a dangerous cardiac condition—was fitted with the world’s smallest pacemaker to have his heart rate stabilized. Almost two months after his ...