Don't let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash. Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers ...

I’ve gone through two pacemaker surgeries and a total of eight heart surgeries. My pacemaker’s batteries will die and will ...

Old” pacemakers may still work for years, so doctors are refurbishing used devices and donating them to patients in low- and middle-income countries.

In patients who could not afford new devices on their own, use of so-called "reconditioned" pacemakers met criteria for ...

A randomized trial that compared previously used and new pacemakers in patients found the reconditioned devices were as safe ...

Many hope My Heart Your Heart will catalyze an effort to help patients worldwide who need but can’t afford these devices.

Implantable Devices: "The AVEIR VR leadless pacemaker was designed to make the implantation and retrieval processes as ...

A pacemaker may be useful for atrial fibrillation (AFib) involving a slow heart rate or other heart conduction disorders. However, doctors may recommend lifestyle changes to manage AFib before a ...

Heavenleigh desperately needed a fix for her heart, and a family who needed her just as much as she needed them.

In the My Heart Your Heart trial, research found that reconditioned pacemakers are non-inferior to new pacemakers for ...