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 ...

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 ...

Two Allina hospitals and clinics in the Twin Cities are among the first in the country to implant St. Jude Medical's newly approved Quadra cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and ...

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 ...

St. Jude Medical, Inc. recently announced the U.S. launch and the first U.S. implant of its Quadra Assure MP ™ cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). The Quadra Assura MP ™ features ...

MILAN, ITALY — Women are being short-changed when it comes to receiving cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), which is especially concerning because they actually have higher survival rates ...

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, ...

Boston Scientific has received FDA approval for its Resonate line of high-voltage cardiac devices. The regulatory nod clears Boston Scientific to start selling devices it thinks can overcome reticence ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...