Upgrading a patient from an existing permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device can be successfully and safely done in the ...
Boston Scientific has begun a clinical trial of its first modular cardiac rhythm implant system. It consists of a leadless pacemaker and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator—two separate devices ...
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REHOVOT, Israel, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Xcardia Innovation Ltd., a private medical device company developing innovative cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator technology, announced the ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 88-year-old female who has been diagnosed with ventricular fibrillation. My cardiac electrophysiology doctor, who implanted a conventional pacemaker four years ago, has noticed ...
Medtronic has competition in the U.S. market for leadless pacemakers. The Dublin, Ireland-based company made history nearly six years ago to the day when FDA approved the Micra leadless pacemaker on ...
Two types of implantable cardioverter defibrillators can reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death with HCM. Pacemakers and implantable loop recorders also may be options.
We tested the hypothesis that prophylactic cardiac-resynchronization therapy in the form of biventricular stimulation with a pacemaker with or without a defibrillator would reduce the risk of death ...