ABSTRACT: Epicardial Cardiac pacing may lead to severe Mitral Regurgitation by one of the following mechanisms: 1) Inappropriate Atrioventricular interval. 2) Myocardial ischemia due to fast heart ...

While modern pacemakers have become impressively compact and reliable, they still depend on finite batteries that eventually wear out. For many patients, that window of battery life is between five to ...

Boston Scientific announced multiple recalls but has said its battery issues were limited. One internal test in 2025 found batteries with an “extremely high failure rate.” Credit...Illustration by Mel ...

An expert tells PEOPLE why pacemakers have Bluetooth technology, and how it can help locate Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty The Bluetooth ...

As the search for Nancy Guthrie stretches into its third week, investigators are turning their attention to a half-dollar-sized device they hope could lead to a breakthrough in the case: the ...

The Pima County Sheriff's Department previously highlighted the significance of Nancy’s pacemaker in the investigation, revealing additional details about its role in an approximate timeline of her ...

The search for Nancy Guthrie is in its eighth day, and investigators are still working around the clock to find her—and to find the person (or persons) behind her disappearance. Authorities believe ...

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Data from Nancy Guthrie's pacemaker has helped shed light on the events leading up to her kidnapping, but there are significant limits in how much data the devices can collect. Most importantly for ...

Nancy Guthrie’s 2 a.m. pacemaker spike on the day she vanished could mean that the elderly woman was involved in a heart rate-surging struggle with her possible captors, a lead cardiologist speculated ...

The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances. By Gina Kolata Like an estimated three million Americans, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of the NBC News ...