Interventional cardiac resynchronization therapy (I-CRT) describes the repurposing...
Leads Implantable Devices
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To extract or abandon broken or infected implantable, venous electrophysiology (EP) device leads has been a debate for...
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Medtronic plc announced the start of a pilot study of its investigational Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) system, with the first patient implant performed at...
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Spectranetics is recalling its Bridge Occlusion Balloon Catheter due to the possibility of a blocked guidewire lumen in some device units. If a device with a blocked guidewire lumen were to be...
Seth Worley, M.D., senior consultant, section of cardiac electrophysiology, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, developed tools and techniques to optimize transvenous left ventricular (LV) lead implantation, including the I-CRT approach. Here he holds the tools that he personally developed for left ventricular lead implantation to treat heart failure. Photo courtesy of MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Feature | EP Lab | January 21, 2019 | Matthew S. McKillop, M.D., FACC, FHRS, and Seth J. Worley, M.D.
Interventional...
An implanted ICD showing its three leads in the venous system.
Feature | EP Lab | January 13, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
To extract or abandon broken or infected implantable, venous...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | August 09, 2018
August 9, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced the start of a...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 - Medtronic plc announced results from a...
Implantation of pacemakers, ICDs and the related cardiac leads opens patients to infection risk.
News | EP Lab | May 17, 2018
May 10, 2018 – A new study is the first to test the clinical effectiveness of incremental peri-operative antibiotics...
Technology | Advanced Visualization | March 06, 2018
March 6, 2018 – Nihon Kohden announced the launch of the Nihon Kohden Dimensions...
News | EP Lab | September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017 — Spectranetics is recalling its Bridge Occlusion...
The Biosense Webster multi-electrode balloon RF ablation catheter. Each electrode can have varied power settings to avoid damage to underlying tissues like the esophagus.
Feature | EP Lab | June 22, 2017 | Dave Fornell
Electrophysiology (EP) technology has been advancing rapidly the past few years with new ablation tools to improve...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | June 20, 2017
June 20, 2017 — BioTrace Medical Inc. announced that the company’s Tempo...
Videos | EP Lab | May 26, 2017
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new electrophysiology (EP) technology at the...
Videos | Leads Implantable Devices | May 25, 2017
Bruce Wilkoff, M.D., director of cardiac pacing and tachyarrhythmia devices at Cleveland Clinic, discusses...
Videos | EP Lab | May 17, 2017
This video, provided by Spectranetics, demonstrates how to deploy the Bridge Occlusion Balloon used to seal...
An illustration of how the Bridge balloon can seal the SVC after an accidental tear from lead extration.
Feature | EP Lab | May 17, 2017 | Dave Fornell
May 17, 2017 — A new intravenous occlusion balloon designed to seal any accidental tears in the superior vena cava (...
Technology | Leads Implantable Devices | May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance Medtronic’s portfolio of...
