The pacemaker, which is about the size of a vitamin, had to be adapted for use in the newborn patient's heart. The device is FDA approved for use in adults, requiring the NYU Langone team to receive ...

Every year, more than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with heart valve disease, but this condition has no ...

The new ACC and AHA criteria for cardiac devices emphasize more risk stratification, reflecting advances in the field in ...

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

Blockages in coronary arteries cause sudden heart attacks, leading to heart muscle damage. In contrast, heart failure is a ...

However, each woman's absolute risk remained low: Use of the estrogen/progestin pill translated to one extra stroke for every 4,760 women using the pill for one year, and one extra heart attack for ...

Electrophysiology is a specialized area of cardiology that focuses on diagnosing and treating heart rhythm abnormalities. These abnormalities, often referred to as arrhythmias, can cause a variety of ...

CARMAT (FR0010907956, ALCAR), designer and developer of the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, aiming to provide a therapeutic alternative for people suffering from advanced biventricular ...

The device, implanted through a catheter during a minimally invasive cardiac catheterization, can reduce their risk of stroke – without blood thinning medications – by sealing off the left ...