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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

The Unify ICD is one of the SJM devices in an FDA warning letter
Feature | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | Dave Fornell

April 14, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Abbott/St. Jude Medical (SJM) this ...

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An electrophysiology EP ablation procedure to treat a heart arrhythmia
Feature | HRS

May 16, 2017 — Here is a list of the late-breaking clinical trials presented at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2017 ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

April 10, 2017 — Medtronic recently announced the first enrollments in the STOP Persistent AF clinical trial. The study ...

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Videos | EP Lab

A discussion with Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) President Michael Gold, M.D., Ph.D., director of cardiology and associate ...

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Ablation procedure, EP lab, Uninterrupted Dabigatran Etexilate in Comparison to Uninterrupted Warfarin in Pulmonary Vein Ablation
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation

March 29, 2017 — Uninterrupted treatment with dabigatran (Pradaxa), a non-vitamin K, novel antagonist oral anticoagulant ...

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closed loop stimulation, DDD-CLS, ACC17, SPAIN trial
Feature | Pacemakers

March 22, 2017 — Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing ...

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News | Pacemakers

March, 10, 2017 - Medtronic announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved ...

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Videos | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems

This video, provided by Medtronic, demonstrates the CardioInsight electro-anatomical mapping system. It was cleared by ...

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Technology | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems

February 1, 2017 — Medtronic received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the CardioInsight ...

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The FDA confirmed the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of St. Jude ICDs, pacemakes, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, CRT and other EP devices with wireless connections.
Feature | EP Lab | Dave Fornell

January 9, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication today concerning patient ...

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News | Cybersecurity | Dave Fornell

As wearable and implantable patient monitoring or therapy devices become more sophisticated with advanced wireless ...

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Technology | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

November 15, 2016 — Medtronic plc  has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Claria MRI Quad ...

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October 17, 2016 — Medtronic plc last week unveiled new health economic analysis data from the FIRE AND ICE trial that ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a non-invasive 3-D virtual heart ...

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May 11, 2016 — Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome who receive catheter ablation to cure their abnormal heart ...

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