“Risk of infection is a big problem because many of these patients have ongoing infections such as pneumonia,” says Dr. Sharma. “Fortunately we did not find pacemaker-related infections in this small ...

A recent study has found prehospital transcutaneous cardiac pacing (TCP) in patients with bradycardia to be associated with a high mortality rate of 63.4%, and TCP failure associated with increased ...

Cardiac pacing is the delivery of a small electrical current to the heart to stimulate myocardial contraction. External (transcutaneous or percussion) pacing can be established quickly and easily ...

This is the second in a two-part unit on managing bradycardia. Part 1 discussed the physiology of the condition and examined its main causes. This second part outlines adverse signs, drug treatment ...

The human heart has a natural pacemaker in the sinus node or the sinoatrial node, which is a group of cells that trigger electrical signals to stimulate the rhythmic contraction of the heart. In 1958, ...