March 29, 2017 — Uninterrupted treatment with dabigatran (Pradaxa), a non-vitamin K,...
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.
Feature | Pacemakers | March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017 — Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing...
News | Pacemakers | March 10, 2017
March, 10, 2017 - Medtronic announced that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved...
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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.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | May 23, 2018
New patient monitoring technologies with wireless connectivity have enabled a revolution in cardiac event and...
Videos | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | February 01, 2017
This video, provided by Medtronic, demonstrates the CardioInsight electro-anatomical mapping system. It was cleared...
A screen shot of the waveforms and the the 3-D electo-mapping models created using the noninvasive CardioInsight system.
Technology | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | February 01, 2017
February 1, 2017 — Medtronic received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the CardioInsight...
Feature | EP Lab | January 09, 2017 | Dave Fornell
January 9, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication today concerning patient...
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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.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
The FDA has concerns about the cybersecurity of implantable medical devices with wireless connections for patient monitoring or adjustments to how the device functions. Changing the function of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) using wireless access to the device could present a major patient safety issue.
News | Cybersecurity | December 29, 2016 | Dave Fornell
As wearable and implantable patient monitoring or therapy devices become more sophisticated with advanced wireless...
Technology | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | November 15, 2016
November 15, 2016 — Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Claria MRI ...
News | Ablation Systems | October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016 — Medtronic plc last week unveiled new health economic analysis data from the FIRE AND ICE trial...
Examples of how the computer model would classify one patient at high risk for heart arrhythmia and another at low risk. Image courtesy of Royc Faddis/Johns Hopkins University.
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016 — An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins University team has developed a...
News | Ablation Systems | May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 — Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome who receive...
News | Pacemakers | May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 — Medtronic plc announced clinical results highlighting the strong safety and performance profile of...
News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 — The first-ever trial using new SonR hemodynamic sensor technology proves to be safely and effectively...
News | Pacemakers | May 09, 2016
May 9, 2016 — Results from a first-of-its-kind study identify a significant increase in the incidence of...
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | May 09, 2016
May 9, 2016 — A new study shows the use of...
