Months before Boston Scientific expanded its urgent warning this month about the risk of sudden death from its Accolade pacemakers, something quieter was happening inside the U.S. Food and Drug ...
An implant the size of a watch that zaps the heart with electric pulses could help thousands of people with heart failure – by cleverly changing the organ’s source of fuel. Healthy hearts mostly burn ...
Pacemaker therapy is a cornerstone in the management of bradyarrhythmias, yet accumulating data highlight important sex-based disparities across indications, procedural care and long-term outcomes.
The Accolade pacemaker system. [Image from Boston Scientific] The battery problems behind a serious recall of Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) pacemakers have been ongoing for years, according to a New ...
Q: I have a slow heart rate, and my cardiologist has recommended that I have a pacemaker implanted. Can you tell me what a pacemaker does and what I should consider when I make this decision? A: A ...
Shares of Boston Scientific fell as much as 3.1% on Thursday after the New York Times reported that the Food and Drug Administration found issues with the firm’s pacemaker battery last spring. FDA ...