To extract or abandon broken or infected implantable, venous electrophysiology (EP) device leads has been a debate for...
Pacemakers
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for pacemakers used to treat bradycardia.
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October 17, 2018 — The U.S.
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May 16, 2018 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) released communication recommendations to assist healthcare professionals to understand and...
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Medical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for hacking. In a paper published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the...
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...
Medtronic is issuing a software update to address a safety risk caused by cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with the internet connection between the Carelink 2090 and Carelink Encore 29901 implantable EP device programmers.
Feature | Cybersecurity | October 17, 2018
October 17, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed information about potential...
News | Hypertension | October 02, 2018
October 2, 2018 — Two-year results of the Moderato I Study demonstrated immediate, substantial and sustained...
Model of the human heart with microprocessor located in the pericardial sac and attached to the left ventricle. Graphic courtesy of Business Wire.
News | Pacemakers | June 29, 2018
June 28, 2018 — Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California (...
A live EP case presentation during the 2018 Heart Rhythm meeting.
Feature | HRS | May 18, 2018 | Dave Fornell
Here is an aggregation of all the news and late-breaking studies presented at the 2018...
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...
News | EP Lab | April 30, 2018
April 30, 2018 — LivaNova announced it completed the sale of its cardiac rhythm management (CRM) business to...
News | Cybersecurity | February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018 — Medical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for...
The Boston Scientific Essentio MRI-safe pacemaker. It is common for pacemaker patients to need magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which has not previously been possible because the magnetic fields could damage older devices. All pacemaker vendors now have FDA-cleared MRI compatible pacemakers.
Feature | Pacemakers | February 13, 2018 | Dave Fornell
There have been several advancements in pacemaker technologies over the past few years. This is an overview of some...
Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | December 13, 2017
Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of...
Mexican government reports conclude more than half of the population does not have access to social security or private insurance that covers a pacemaker implant, and 44 percent live in poverty. Recycling donated, explanted pacemakers offers a new option for these patients.
News | Pacemakers | November 10, 2017
November 10, 2017 — Mexican doctors have safely reused donated...
Technology | Heart Failure | October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new treatment option for patients...
