Medtronic announced on May 23, 2018 that it will discontinue marketing for its SEEQ Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) System to concentrate support on its Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System.

Abbott has initiated a Class I recall of the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System due to a malfunction in the device’s outflow graft assembly. The company said the malfunction may cause the outflow graft to twist and close up (occlusion) over time. Occlusion of the outflow graft can reduce or stop pump flow and set off a persistent low flow alarm in the system. A reduction in pump can lead to serious adverse events such as blood clots and death. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.

LuxCath LLC showcased the next generation of its proprietary OmniView light-guided catheter ablation system at the 2018 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) conference, May 9-12 in Boston. The OmniView light-guided ablation catheter is the only technology, according to the company, that can see into tissue during cardiac ablation and assess catheter-tissue contact and lesion progression in real time. This offers electrophysiologists a simple and more definitive end point for lesion quality, increasing the potential for complete and more effective cardiac ablation.

May 21, 2018 — Complete pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) was achieved in more than 99 percent of patients in a first-in ...

Data on the effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with non-left bundle branch block (non-LBBB) is limited and when available has been shown to be suboptimal compared to LBBB patients. A new study presented at the 2018 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Scientific Sessions, May 9-12 in Boston, compared the effects of targeting the region of increased electrical delay (QLV approach) for left ventricular (LV) lead location to a standard of care (SOC) anatomical implant approach in non-LBBB patients. The comparison was assessed on the Clinical Composite Score (CCS) after 12 months of follow-up.