Children's Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Michael Silka, MD, helped to pioneer the development of indications for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in young patients. From 1998 ...

Background: To determine the sensitivity and specificity, rate of compliance, and predictors of failure of telephone transmission of pacemaker function in a pediatric population. Methods: A total of 2 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wireless pacemakers may be a safe and effective short-term option for children requiring permanent pacing.

A pacemaker modified for newborns' tiny bodies safely and effectively stabilized their heart rhythms for up to two years, ...

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patel Children's Heart Institute at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently implanted its first leadless pacemaker, the first among all Tampa Bay ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Pediatric specialists at Norton Children’s Heart Institute successfully implanted a tiny pacemaker into a baby who was born at 28 weeks gestation, believed to be the first ...

The high negative predictive value obtained in our study and others [5] provides support for the continued usage of a telephone transmission system in that the vast majority of assessments of ...