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University of Arizona: Battery-Free, Light-Powered Pacemaker May Improve Quality Of Life For Heart Disease Patients
TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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University of Arizona engineers lead a research team that is developing a new kind of pacemaker, which envelops the heart and uses precise targeting capabilities to bypass pain receptors and reduce patient discomfort.
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Atrial fibrillation - a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia - leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each yea
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