EP Lab

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac electrophysiology (EP) systems, techniques and devices using in EP labs. This includes implantable EP devices, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), cardiac resychronization therapy (CRT), ablation technologies, left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, atrial fibrilation (AF) and Holter monitors.

Boston Scientific's Apama multi-electrode ablation balloon to treat atrial fibrillation.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | Dave Fornell

The development of atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF) ablation technologies over the past 20 years has been a constant ...

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News | Cath Lab

January 4, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a Class I recall of Sterilmed’s Agilis Steerable ...

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Technology | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

January 3, 2018 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for magnetic resonance (MR) ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

January 2, 2018 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), in partnership with WebMD Education, announced in December the launch ...

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There have been many innovative new technologies highlighted at the medical conferences I attended in 2017. Each year, I ...

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Biosense Webster multi-electrode ablation balloon.
Feature | Dave Fornell

The Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website had another record year with 1.4 million page views in 2017 ...

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News | Wearables

December 28, 2017 — Zoll Medical Corp. and Myant, Inc., a high-tech advanced manufacturing company, announced they have ...

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Catheter reprocessing can reduce costs in the cath and EP lab.
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | Lars Thording

As payers and other healthcare entities look to better manage costs, especially in the acute care setting, it is ...

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The Boston Scientific Rhythmia Mapping System produces higher-density voltage maps without increasing overall procedure time.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | Kenneth Stein, M.D. FACC FHRS
When I began practicing as an electrophysiologist in 1994, the dream of successfully using cardiac catheter ablation to ...
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Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

December 12, 2017 — Mayo Clinic researchers have shown a link between which type of oral anticoagulant a patient takes ...

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December 7, 2017 — Stereotaxis Inc. announced it has received regulatory clearance from Health Canada for its e-Contact ...

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New data on the Corvia intra-atrial shunt to treat diastolic heart failure were presented at the recent 2017 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions. It was the most popular story in November.
Feature | Dave Fornell

Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine ...

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November 25, 2017 — Sitting in, or standing close to the charging port of a Tesla electric vehicle did not trigger a ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

November 16, 2017 — Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. released real-world data (RWD) of outcomes associated ...

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