12/04/2024 -
Asynchronous pacemaker is a medical device that generates and delivers electrical pulses to restore the cardiac rhythm. It delivers pulses by using electrodes to maintain the regular and...
09/04/2024 -
Diagnosing cardiac sarcoidosis (CS), especially in isolated cases, is challenging, particularly due to the limitations of endomyocardial biopsy, leading to potential undiagnosed cases in...
27/03/2024 -
Aortic valve surgery is the preferred procedure for replacing a damaged valve with an artificial one. The ValveTech robotic platform comprises a flexible articulated manipulator and surgical...
25/03/2024 -
Risk factors for pacemaker-induced cardiomyopathy (PICM) have been previously reported, including a high burden of right ventricular pacing, lower left ventricular ejection fraction, a wide QRS...
25/03/2024 -
The failure of the aortic heart valve is common, resulting in deterioration of the pumping function of the heart. For the end stage valve failure, bi-leaflet mechanical valve (most popular...
21/03/2024 -
We present a MEMS intravascular implant designed for wireless cardiac pacing. This micropacer implant is meticulously engineered to refine the fabrication process, provide adequate cardiac...
21/03/2024 -
Atherosclerosis, a primary manifestation, involves the accumulation of plaques within artery walls, gradually constricting them. To address such constriction, a common intervention involves the...
11/03/2024 -
Patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) often report psychological distress. Literature suggests that patients with physical disease often compare their well-being and coping...
13/12/2023 -
Implantable cardiac devices including pacemakers are among the most important IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) medical devices for treating patients with heart disease, by regulating the...
30/11/2023 -
The increasing medical use of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIEDs) for heart patients increases the risk of device malfunction or damage due to electromagnetic interference (EMI). In this...
30/11/2023 -
Midfield wireless power transfer (WPT), using frequencies ranging from sub-GHz to $2$ GHz, has recently been introduced as an efficient method to wirelessly transmit power to compact implanted...
09/11/2023 -
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillator are active implantable medical devices (AIMD) composed by an electrical unit (generator) and electrical connections to the heart (lead). They...
23/10/2023 -
The CardioMEMS® sensor is a wireless pulmonary artery pressure device used for monitoring symptomatic heart failure (HF). The use of CardioMEMS was associated with a reduction of...
18/09/2023 -
Objective: Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices (CF-LVADs) are miniaturised devices supporting the failing left ventricle and alter the blood flow in the cardiovascular system which may...
18/09/2023 -
In the implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD), the heat leads to destroy of blood and potential thrombosis, which remains a limitation to their long-time clinical use. To study the heat...
18/09/2023 -
Transseptal puncture (TSP) is a prerequisite for left atrial catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, requiring access from the right side of the heart. It is a demanding procedural step...
29/08/2023 -
Heart failures are highly increasing in modern times, regardless of patients' age or genders. Arrhythmia is a severe cardiac condition that affects roughly 5% of the world's population and...
24/08/2023 -
The functional safety of implanted medical devices is of high importance. This works presents a novel concept to verify bio-electronic systems modeling the medical device in connection with the...
24/08/2023 -
Patients with hereditary or acquired pathologies of the conduction of the ventricles of the heart, due to the extreme danger of such pathologies, need prolonged cardiac monitoring in conditions of...
22/08/2023 -
This paper presents an implantable wireless system for remote hemodynamic monitoring, which enables direct, continuous (24/7), and simultaneous measurement of pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) and...