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Calix Ashton
May 26, 2016
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Turning Heartbeat into Electricity
Heart rate monitors, pacemakers, cardioverter-defibrillators, and neural stimulators constitute broad classes of electronic implants that rely on battery power for... Read More
Calix Ashton
Apr 27, 2016
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Implant for Patients with Heart Failure
Kahwash and Ohio State cardiologist Dr. Scott Lilly are part of a multi-center study that's evaluating a dime-size implant intended... Read More
ICD may cause complications, even death
Cardiac device infective endocarditis (CDIE), an infection in the heart tissue of patients implanted with permanent pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators... Read More
A step to understand how to tackle biofilms of bacteria on cardiac implants
Biofilms of bacteria can form on medical cardiac implants, leading to bacterial infection of the heart. Researchers from the University... Read More