Abbott is recalling the Ellipse Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) because electrical failures have been identified and determined to be due to a faulty manufacturing process, causing...
HRS
This channel contains news about the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. The HRS is a leading resource on cardiac pacing and electrophysiology.
August 5, 2019 — Abbott is recalling the Ellipse...
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New cardiac monitoring technologies allow for longer duration data collection. The Medtronic Reveal Linq implantable cardiac monitor allows for 24/7 monitoring for up to three years. This might not be necessary for most patients, and there are several newer Holter monitors that can record up to several days or several weeks of data in real-time.
New patient monitoring technologies with wireless connectivity have enabled a revolution in cardiac event and...
May 17, 2019 — Digital healthcare company Murj announced the availability of the Murj...
May 17, 2019 — At the 40th annual Heart Rhythm...
May 16, 2019 — Preventice Solutions presented...

An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
May 16, 2019 — Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced the launch of Biosense Webster Inc.’s...
May 16, 2019 — Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced that Biosense Webster, Inc.’s QDot Micro...
May 16, 2019 — CardioFocus Inc. announced the presentation of results from its...
May 16, 2019 — BioCardia Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the Avance...
May 15, 2019 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) had 21 late-...
May 15, 2019 — A new study shows electromechanical wave imaging is capable of localizing arrhythmias including...
May 15, 2019 — A new infection risk scoring system has been developed based on data from the large PADIT Trial.[1]...
May 15, 2019 — Renal artery...