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Physicians Implant World's First ProMRI® Quadripolar CRT-D System to Treat

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

CardioGuide System Enables Real-Time Navigation of Left Ventricular Leads During Medtronic CRT Implants

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 ...
Augusta Free Press

RMH doc first in state to implant new CRT-D therapy device

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 ...
KLTV

St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval of Unify CRT-D and Fortify ICD

ST. PAUL, MINN. - St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and first U.S. implants of its Unify™ cardiac re ...
JD Supra

First U.S. Implant of St. Jude’s First-to-Market “CRT-D”

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 ...
Pharmabiz

Ambani Hospital implants Biotronik's Lumax ProMRI CRT-D in a 67-year old patient

Drs Venkat D Nagarajan, consultant, Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Dr Jamshed Dalal, director of of Cardiac Sciences at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai ...
Medscape

Women Receive Far Fewer CIEDs Than Men but Have Higher Survival Rates After Implant

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 ...
Healio

IN-TIME: Implant-based telemonitoring improved outcomes for patients with HF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with HF who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization ...
News Medical

American College of Cardiology offers new EP Device Implant Registry

Effective immediately, the American College of Cardiology is offering the EP Device Implant Registry, which will include data on ICD and CRT-D procedures previously captured in the NCDR ICD Registry ...
EurekAlert!

Implanted devices as effective in 'real world' as in clinical trial settings

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 ...
FierceBiotech

Medtronic issues EU recall for implantable defibrillators that may not emit strong enough shocks

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 ...
MD&M East

FDA Approves First MR-Conditional CRT-D Devices

Medtronic announced Friday that FDA has approved the the first MR-conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) for the treatment of heart failure in the U.S. The Medtronic ...