Adam Taylor is affiliated with the Anatomical Society. Your heart beats around 60 times a minute, delivering nutrients and removing waste from every cell in your body. It has been doing this since you ...

The sinotrial (SA) node is the natural pacemaker of the heart, and is comprised of a group of dedicated heart cells - SA node pacemaker cells - responsible for initiation of the electrical signal ...

Electronic pacemakers can be lifesaving for people with abnormal or slow heart rhythms, but not everyone who needs a pacemaker is able to have an electronic device implanted in their heart. Now, in ...

The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the primary pacemaker of the heart and controls heart rate throughout life. Failure of SAN function due to congenital disease or aging results in slowing of the heart rate ...

Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust have discovered a backup natural pacemaker, which is able to generate a pulse and control the heart rate. The ...

We tend to think of a pacemaker as a man made device, a piece of metal surgically implanted in a damaged heart to help redirect the rhythm of the heartbeat. But the heart has its own “pacemaker” cells ...

An increasing number of reports suggest that cardiac arrhythmias are frequent clinical features of COVID-19. A New York-based team of researchers explored the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the ...