There were no specific abnormalities on physical examination. A chest x-ray revealed dislocation of the ventricular lead, with its tip outside the cardiac silhouette. A clinically significant ...

This helps you relax and helps prevent pain. The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through ...

A team of heart experts in Southampton is taking part in the global trial A new pacemaker with no leads, aimed at preventing a sudden cardiac arrest has been implanted in a man's chest during a ...

So, for years, pacemakers have been implanted in a patient’s chest, and leads, or wires, were threaded through the patient’s body. “Historically, what has been available to us, is a ...