Pacemakers and defibrillators can save lives by regulating uncontrolled heartbeats. But each device operates in very different ways.
Your Heart: 3 Amazing Medical Innovations (Video)
Learn about three medical innovations that relate to the human heart, including the development of a small leadless pacemaker, new cholesterol-lowering injections and a new congestive heart failure drug.
Wireless Pacemakers: Rhythm Without Blues
A new generation of miniaturized pacemakers can speed up slow hearts without the wires that may break or become infected.
Unique Pacemaker Therapy Benefits Women Heart Patients
Heart disease develops differently in women and men. Women respond better to cardiac resynchronization therapy, but many women aren't treated.
Helping Your Heart Keep Pace (Video)
Sometimes a dangerously slow heartbeat occurs because the natural “battery” of the heart isn’t working as it should, or there’s another issue with the heart’s electrical system. Here’s how a pacemaker can help.
Patient Receives New, Leadless Pacemaker
A Cleveland Clinic patient with a slowed heartbeat is the third in the nation to receive the device as part of an international, multicenter clinical trial testing its safety and efficacy for FDA approval.
In Memory of Dr. Roy Greenberg
Roy Greenberg, MD, combined clinical skills with engineering insights to prevent catastrophic aortic aneurysms. He will be remembered fondly by patients and colleagues.
Taking Warfarin Before Cardiac Device Surgery
Warfarin thins your blood, helping prevent blood clots and stroke. Should you stop taking it before device surgery, or keep taking the prescribed amount? Results from a recent study reveal what to do, and why.
A Racing Heart
Linda Shaw is an avid runner, and she always dresses in costume when she races so she can spark conversation on why it’s so important to seek medical care you can trust.
Chat With a Doctor: Arrhythmias and Devices
Ask questions and get answers about arrhythmias and devices from Cleveland Clinic physicians during a live webchat Monday, August 27, 2012, at noon (ET).
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