Dual Pacemakers Worth the Cost, U.S. Study Finds
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Pricey pacemakers that regulate the  heart's upper and lower chambers separately are worth the extra  cost because they help keep patients out of the hospital, U.S.  researchers reported on Monday.
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MONDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Eliminating the cost of medications for people who have heart attacks would lead to longer lives and lower overall medical costs, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Fish oil could potentially save   more lives than cardiac defibrillators, devices used to revive   individuals whose hearts have stopped beating and to prevent   and treat life-threatening heart arrhythmias, researchers   estimate in a new report.
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Learning through tests that oneâs defibrillator has a faulty lead can create agonizing decisions for patients and doctors.
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Less-costly versions of implanted  heart devices represent a good value for most patients who need  them, according to a cost analysis study presented on  Wednesday.
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Biological heart pacemakers made from human embryo cells have been successfully tested in pigs, raising the possibility that tissue transplants could in future replace electronic pacemakers.
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The U.S. government on Tuesday  proposed expanding Medicare coverage for costly implanted heart  devices, a decision expected to benefit makers Guidant Corp.,  Medtronic Inc. and St. Jude Medical Inc.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson and Boston Scientific, the top makers of drug-coated heart stents, both released studies saying their $2,200 devices are safer than bare-metal stents that cost half as much. The studies capped three days of debate at Europe's biggest medical conference, the World Cardiology Congress in Barcelona, sparked by independent researchers who said bare-metal stents were safer. The Boston ...
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Cardiac pacemakers could help prevent unexpected epilepsy deaths in some sufferers, a new study suggests. The research, published in medical journal The Lancet, claims that devices to monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could save lives.
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Injecting immature cells into hearts   damaged months or years earlier by a heart attack can help that   heart beat more efficiently, a study showed on Wednesday.
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A nationwide push to put portable defibrillators in every school, a response to several high-profile student deaths, may not be worth the cost, a new study concludes.
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Portable media players such as iPods  are unlikely to interfere with heart pacemakers, a U.S. Food  and Drug Administration researcher reported on Thursday.
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Dec. 14, 2004 -- Migraine sufferers have double the risk of strokes, a new study shows. And those who also take birth control pills have about eight times the risk, say researchers.
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction is increasingly being treated with expensive procedures.
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A device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure has been implanted in patients in the United States this month for the first time.
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Pulsing transplanted heart cells  with electrical current helps them grow into mature cardiac  cells, bringing doctors closer to a grow-your-own heart patch,  U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Ultimately, this technology could replace the electronic pacemakers currently used to treat humans with irregular heartbeats, scientists hope.