The first unexpected power failure in a Medtronic InSync III pacemaker didn't set off the alarm bells. But by the fourth time, doctors at the Minneapolis Heart Institute knew they had to act quickly.

Cardiovascular service lines are growing fast—and so are the data streams they are expected to manage. The remote monitoring landscape—once confined to pacemakers and ICDs—has diversified to include ...

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May 7 (Reuters) - Boston Scientific has issued an urgent recall to correct several heart devices after the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Health Canada has given the green light for a new pacemaker that allows patients with the devices to enter magnetic resonance imaging machines without risk of injury. Dr. Anne Gillis, a professor of ...

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