Abbott is recalling the Ellipse Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) because electrical failures have been identified and determined to be due to a faulty manufacturing process, causing...
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Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan left heart lead. Paired with Medtronic quadripolar cardiac resynchronization...
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This is a virtual heart with the same electrophysiology characteristics as the real patient being developed to help optimize...
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Interventional cardiac resynchronization therapy (I-CRT) describes the repurposing...
News | Pacemakers | June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020 - Biotronik has today announced its commitment to giving physicians additional tools to pace in the His-...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — BioTrace Medical Inc. announced the company’s key activities at the 31st annual Transcatheter...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | August 05, 2019
August 5, 2019 — Abbott is recalling the Ellipse Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) because electrical...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 — BioTrace Medical Inc. announced the company’s Tempo Lead has obtained CE Mark certification in Europe...
Technology | Leads Implantable Devices | May 06, 2019
May 6, 2019 — Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Attain Stability Quad MRI...
Videos | EP Lab | February 27, 2019
This is a virtual heart with the same electrophysiology characteristics as the real patient being developed to help...
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 cardiac resynchronization therapy (I-CRT) describes the repurposing of a set of tools and techniques...
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 electrophysiology (EP) device leads has been a debate for...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | August 09, 2018
August 9, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced the start of a pilot study of its investigational Extravascular Implantable...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 - Medtronic plc announced results from a research study demonstrating the feasibility of a novel approach...
News | Leads Implantable Devices | May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 — Data on the effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with non-left bundle...
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 as...
Technology | Advanced Visualization | March 06, 2018
March 6, 2018 – Nihon Kohden announced the launch of the Nihon Kohden Dimensions Augmented Reality (AR) App to...
News | EP Lab | September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017 — Spectranetics is recalling its Bridge Occlusion Balloon Catheter due to the possibility of a...
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...
