WASHINGTON — A pacemaker delivering a closed-loop stimulation pacing program was associated with a sevenfold reduction in syncope, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology ...

The paper discusses the issues of balancing the various failure modes by considering both failure rates and failure outcomes. As the choice of an appropriate pacemaker is a decision problem under ...

Pacemaker programming adjustments are made twice daily at the patient’s home in the treatment group (BaroPacing) with sham programming performed in the standard treatment (placebo) group.

Patients who remain in one of the modes susceptible to malfunction should seek immediate medical attention if they feel new or unexpected symptoms consistent with their pacemaker not working.

Circadian threshold variations are not dangerous for children and do not influence VCM functioning and pacemaker programming.