December 8, 2011 (Rennes, France) — Remote monitoring of patients with dual-chamber pacemakers "was a safe substitute for conventional follow-ups, decreased the number of [clinic] visits, and enabled ...

A pacemaker from Medtronic, newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, allows patients to securely transmit data from the pacemaker to their physicians via a smartphone or tablet using ...

Imagine a heart patient with a pacemaker—one of the millions who rely on these tiny, implanted devices to keep their hearts beating steadily. While pacemakers save lives every day, their ability to ...

More than three decades have transpired since the inception of transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring. 1 3 This modality was identified as a useful method for tracking the function of pacemaker systems, ...

Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on his bathroom scale and uses a cuff to take his blood pressure. The devices send those measurements electronically to his doctor ...

As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues, authorities are exploring innovative methods to locate her. Dr. Laurence Epstein, ...