A game-changing wireless pacemaker that reduces the risk of painful complications is being offered to patients on the NHS. Traditional pacemakers use wires and a generator under the skin to keep the ...

Roughly 1,000 NHS patients a week have a pacemaker implanted to steady their heart rate and protect them against potentially fatal abnormal rhythms. Since the first one was used in Sweden in 1958, the ...

The leadless pacemaker is smaller than an AAA battery and can be inserted directly into the heart chamber A new style of pacemaker that can be inserted directly into the heart has been praised by a ...

About 25,000 pacemakers are implanted every year in the UK; three-quarters of these are first implants, and one-quarter are replacements. The current hardware cost of pacemaker implantation based on ...

Patients with an irregular heart rhythm can now be managed by a miniature wireless device implanted directly into the wall of their heart, according to guidance for the NHS in England and Wales.

Emily is among the first patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and in the north of England to benefit from the new device. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

A former Southend nurse has become the first patient in the UK to receive a new and innovative pacemaker at Basildon Hospital's world-renowned heart centre. Staff based at the world-renowned Essex ...

An artificial pacemaker is a medical device which maintains an adequate heartbeat by delivering electrical impulses to the heart. They are indicated when the natural impulses (from the sinoatrial node ...