Pacemaker patients: depressives are less observant of their treatments
People with heart disease requiring the wearing of a pacemaker would be less observant of their treatment if they are ...
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Thousands of French people affected by pacemaker failures
Due to a manufacturing problem with pacemakers, no less than 16,300 French carriers of Abbott pacemakers must be contacted by ...
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Alzheimer’s disease: a pacemaker to stimulate memory
No longer knowing how to carry out everyday gestures, forgetting familiar faces and even one's own past, such are the ...
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Waiting for heart surgery: a transient pacemaker that harmlessly dissolves in the body
The world's first wireless, batteryless, fully implantable pacemaker that naturally disappears into the body after use has just been developed. ...
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Heart failure: a possible alternative to the classic biventricular pacemaker
For the first time, researchers have compared the effectiveness of two cardiac resynchronization therapies. The classic biventricular pacemaker may soon ...
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An investigation pinpoints the ANSM and reveals flaws in the control of medical implants
An international survey conducted by more than 250 journalists around the world has revealed serious shortcomings in the control and ...
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It is possible to have an MRI with a pace-maker
People with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators are often denied magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for safety reasons. Unless the devices meet ...
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Hacking: thousands of pacemakers need to be updated
Carriers of pacemakers from the American manufacturer Abbott are invited to go to the hospital. The devices are particularly susceptible ...
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Vulnerable pacemakers for cybercriminals
More than 8,000 computer security breaches have been reported around seven pacemakers. A specialized company points out the obsolescence of ...
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The AP-HP in Paris implements a miniature pacemaker without incising
For the first, the AP-HP implants a pacemaker without a lead in a patient. The procedure does not require any ...
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Pacemakers: limit the risks of hacking
More safety: this is the dead order of the recommendations of the United States Medicines Agency. She invites pacemaker manufacturers ...
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Miniature pacemaker prevents cremation of octogenarian for 12 days
The family of an octogenarian who died on November 22 is still waiting to be able to cremate her. The ...
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Pacemakers and defibrillators: watch out for anti-theft gates
Anti-theft gates in stores are dangerous for people with pacemakers. These systems can cause the pacemaker to stop, or trigger ...
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Unusual: operated on the heart, she lives with the 14% remaining battery of her pacemaker
© iStockLow battery. This is, in short, the critical situation in which a 75-year-old Tahitian finds herself. Operated in 1992, ...
Read moreAlzheimer’s disease: a pacemaker to stimulate memory
No longer knowing how to carry out everyday gestures, forgetting familiar faces and even one's own past, such are the ...
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Gene therapy to replace the pacemaker
To fight against certain cardiac arrhythmias, researchers are developing a “biological pacemaker”: they reprogram cells that stimulate the heart.Rather than ...
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A revolutionary mini-pacemaker located in Grenoble
A leadless cardiac pacemaker was implanted without surgery at the Grenoble University Hospital. A device 10 times smaller than a ...
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Wireless pacemakers: first encouraging results
Tested for 2 years, the first wireless heart pacemakers are showing promising results. This new technology heralds a turning point ...
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The risk of pacemaker hacking is becoming clearer
April 2, 2018. We have been talking about it for years, but the risk seems to be clearing up. According ...
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A biological pacemaker tested in the laboratory
© istockSoon we may no longer needimplant cardiac simulators to allow disordered hearts to beat normally. American researchers have rightly ...
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Heart: senior athletes are at risk of developing arrhythmias
An American study has shown that senior athletes are more likely to develop heart rhythm problems.Heart rhythm problems due to ...
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Declared dead, Walter Williams comes back to life at the undertaker
An American, declared dead Wednesday, woke up the next day in his body bag when he was about to be ...
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Wireless pacemaker: promising beginnings
© Thinkstock Whether it is conventional, without battery or wireless, it has been making our hearts beat faster for over ...
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Dick Cheney deactivated his pacemaker to escape terrorists
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has revealed that his pacemaker's wireless functionality was disabled during his tenure. A decision ...
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A miniature pacemaker soon to be marketed
The pacemaker is a technology implemented in 400,000 French people. It requires major surgery, but a miniature device is being ...
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Protect pacemakers from hacking
Nearly 400,000 French people are equipped with a pacemaker. These medical devices are not protected against hacking. The software could ...
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Bradycardia: a treatment other than the pacemaker
© istockUnlike the tachycardia, bradycardia results in a slow heart rate, less than 50 beats per minute instead of 60 ...
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