BERLIN, Germany, – BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical technology, announced the first implantations worldwide of its new ICD and CRT-D series (implantable ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Medtronic, Inc. today announced market release of the CardioGuide (TM) Implant System, a novel real-time navigation system for cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers and ...

Itrevia HF-T QP boasts of latest defibrillator technology, closed loop stimulation and compatibility with a quadripolar lead, to help patients with heart failure conditions BIOTRONIK, a manufacturer ...

RMH electrophysiologist Robert VerNooy, MD, has successfully implanted a new type of heart pacing device that helps doctors better treat patients diagnosed with heart failure. He is the first ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the company’s proprietary, ...

Cardiologists decide whether to enroll patients in a remote monitoring network, which is available only for ICD and CRT-D devices and is free. Enrolled patients are mailed a communicator unit that ...

A team of cardiologists of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Saturday successfully implanted a dual device, cardiac resynchronisation therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D), in a 55-year-old ...

CHICAGO, IL — Almost nine in 10 patients implanted with defibrillators who were also eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) actually did receive the pacing therapy in a US nationwide ...

April 22 -- TUESDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Chances are you've never heard of electrophysiology, but it's a medical subspecialty you should know about if you are one of the 100,000 or so ...

The risk associated with implantation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is often focused on the immediate complications of the procedure. The long-term risk of having an ICD, ...

Medtronic is warning European healthcare providers of a potential safety issue found within many of its implanted heart devices that may make them less effective. As described in a June notice made ...

Implanted devices that treat cardiac dysfunction in heart failure patients are as successful in "real world" use as they are in controlled clinical trial settings, according to a large new study ...