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Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial To Evaluate New Pacing System in MRI Environment

The first patient in the United States has been implanted with the Boston Scientific Corporation ImageReady MR Conditional pacing system in the SAMURAI clinical trial. The study is designed to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the...

Medtronic Announces FDA Approval, Launch of Advisa MRI Pacemaker System

Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of its Advisa DR MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) SureScan pacing system. The Advisa MRI system is Medtronic’s second-generation MR-conditional pacemaker...

Updated Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities Issued by ACC, AHA, HRS

September 24, 2012 — Surgically inserted cardiac devices play an important role in treating certain heart problems. In fact, an estimat...

Heart Rhythm Society, ACC Release Expert Consensus on Pacemaker and Mode Selection

August 2, 2012 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) has released the HRS/ACCF Expert Consensus Statement on Pacemaker Device and Mode Selection, the first of its kind to specifical...

Nearly 50 Percent of Patients With Cardiac Device...
The incremental mortality in implantable pacemaker and defibrillator recipients who experience a device infection, compared to patients without device...
St. Jude Medical Enrolls First Patient in Next-Generation...
St. Jude Medical Inc., a global medical device company, has announced first enrollment of its MultiPoint Pacing clinical study to build upon its first- to...
St. Jude Medical Gains European Approval for First...
St. Jude Medical Inc. announced CE Mark approval and European launch of its Allure Quadra Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker (CRT-P). This...
Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial To Evaluate New...
The first patient in the United States has been implanted with the Boston Scientific Corporation ImageReady MR Conditional pacing system in the...
Advisa DR MRI SureScan Pacing System Medtronic Inc. FDA Approval
Advisa MRI Combines Advanced Pacing Technology With Proven MRI Access.
The Advisa MRI SureScan pacing system is Medtronic’s second-generation MR-conditional pacemaker and is the first system to combine the most
St. Jude Medical’s new version of its Merlin.net Patient Care Network (PCN) offers a secure, Internet-based remote care system is for...
Biotronik Introduces New External Pacemaker
Biotronik's Reocor external pacemaker is available in two models for dual- and single-chamber pacing therapy and offers...
FDA Clears New Boston Scientific Devices to Treat Bradycardia
The Ingenio and Advantio pacemakers feature RightRate pacing technology designed to treat chronotropic incompetence (CI). CI is...
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Nearly 50 Percent of Patients With Cardiac Device...
The incremental mortality in implantable pacemaker and defibrillator recipients who experience a device infection, compared to patients without device...
Advisa DR MRI SureScan Pacing System Medtronic Inc. FDA Approval
Medtronic Announces FDA Approval, Launch of Advisa MRI...
Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of its Advisa DR MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) SureScan pacing...
FDA Clears St. Jude’s New Version of Remote Patient...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared St. Jude Medical’s new version of its Merlin.net Patient Care Network (PCN). The secure, Internet-...
Updated Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac...
September 24, 2012 — Surgically inserted cardiac devices play an important role in treating certain heart problems. In fact, an estimated 400,000 devices,...

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