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Doctors of Ganga Ram Hospital performs rare surgery for patient suffering
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A critical surgery for a patient suffering from a rare Parkinson's disease was successfully conducted by a team of doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
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Wireless pacemakers may be safe, useful for children with irregular heartb
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association, wireless or leadless pacemakers, which are commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heart
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After CABG 87-year-old woman gets valve replacement and pacemaker implant
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The difficulties were not less for the 87-year-old woman who was suffering from heart failure and narrowing of the valve. Due to problems like weak lungs, diabetes, BP, extremely low weight, the danger to her life had increased,
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Researchers discover new mechanism to boost RNA therapies
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have identified how biological pacemaker cells--cells that control your heartbeat--can "fight back" against therapies to biologically correct abnormal heartbeat rates. The research also uncovered a new way to boost the effectivenes
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Kauvery Hospital Successfully Performs Leadless Pacemaker Implantation on
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Heart city - Trichy, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, today announced the successful implantation of a leadless pacemaker on a patient with recurrent pacema
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'Revolutionary' pacemaker reverses heart failure: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Auckland [New Zealand], February 8 (ANI): A pacemaker is a small device that's placed (implanted) in the chest to help control the heartbeat. It's used to prevent the heart from beating too slowly. A recent study has elaborated on a revolutionary pacemaker, that re-established the heart's na
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Aster Medcity, Kochi launches Aster Heart Rhythm Centre
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): After successfully completing one of the first leadless pacemaker procedures in the country and being one of the first centres to perform the Cryoablation procedure, Aster Medcity has launched the Aster Heart Rhythm Centre to cater to treat
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Batteryless pacemaker could use heart's energy for power: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, according to researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Medtronic launches Micra™ AV, world's smallest pacemaker with Atriov
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), today announced the launch of Micra™ AV - a miniaturized, fully self-contained pacemaker that delivers advanced pacing technology to a
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Researchers develop stimulators that could aid spinal cord, heart therapie
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Houston (Texas) [US], May 11 (ANI): Engineers have developed a new version of their wireless implant that allows for multiple stimulators to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter outside the body. The implants could be used to treat spinal cord injuries or as pacem
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Iraqi kid with heart failure gets new lease of life in Gurugram hospital
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 24 (ANI): After suffering a rare heart condition that caused him shortness of breath for several months, Ibrahim Ismael Hussein, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy has been given a new lease of life after a pacemaker was placed in his chest after a complicated proc
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Medtronic launches world's first pacemaker that can communicate directly w
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), today announced the launch of the Azure™ pacemaker with BlueSync™ technology - India's first and only pacemaker that can commu
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