Study puts brakes on extending indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy
A randomized, controlled, multi-center trial has found that cardiac resynchronization therapy produced no improvement in peak oxygen uptake during exercise testing, the trial's primary endpoint, in patients with Class III heart failure, including mechanical problems that disrupt the heart's normal...University of Zurich Announces Worldwide Clinical Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
The University of Zurich announces an investigator initiated large-scale prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to assess the clinical impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients. The worldwide study, called "Echocardiography guided Cardiac Resync...EUROPACE raises remote monitoring profile
...). Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) - which include cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, implantable cardiovascular monitors and implantable loop recorders - have now been developed with numerous programmable feature...Patients Call for Continued FDA Preemption Authority
... "Without my medical device, I would not be here today," said Laura Doud of Arlington, Virginia, who received life-saving implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation in 2004 after suffering almost fatal viral cardiomyopathy. "If the proposed legislation were passed, would the lawsuits fa...Cardiac Patients Take NASA Super Plastic to Heart
...xygen. It is a chronic and progressive condition that affects more than five million Americans and more than 22 million individuals worldwide. Cardiac resynchronization therapy, or CRT, is designed to coordinate the contraction of the heart's two lower chambers and improve the heart's efficiency to increase blood flow...Doctor's Training Affects Defibrillator Implant Results
...iologists," Curtis said. Another marked difference found in the study concerned people who require an implanted defibrillator that provides cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D). "These are patients with heart failure, in which the heart is not only weak and inefficient but also beats in a disorganized way," Cu...New Therapy Found to Prevent Heart Failure
...th heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) versus p...atic Defibrillator Implantation Trial with Cardiac resynchronization Therapy) is a clinical trial that enrolled more th...s and heart failure. The new generation of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) was designed to st...MADIT-CRT Trial Meets Primary Endpoint
...t its primary endpoint. Preliminary results show Boston Scientific cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) to be associated with a significant 29 perc...ely by Boston Scientific, demonstrates that early intervention with cardiac resynchronization therapy can slow the progression of heart failure. It is the world's large...First Swiss Patients Treated with the Percutaneous MitraClip(R) System
...art failure is a devastating disease, significantly more common than cancer and has the same poor life-expectancy. Implantable devices such as cardiac resynchronization therapy have improved the quality of life of these patients. Now with percutaneous mitral valve repair, I am confident we can expand our treatment pos...Kronos LV-T Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D) System
Description: RV Tracking for 100 % Resynchronization...InSync III Cardiac Resynchronization System
Description: The Medtronic InSync III Model 8042 increases therapy versatility with faster programming, and the ability to optimize sensing, pacing and cardiac output. The InSync III system also offers unmatched insight through key heart failure diagnostics and monitoring trends, to efficiently track a patient'...Attain OTW Model 4194 Bi-Polar
Description:...e Attain 4194 Bipolar over-the-wire left-heart lead is for use with cardiac resynchronization systems. This new steroid-eluting lead has an angled shape and can be inser...ft-heart leads designed for use with the Medtronic InSync family of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemaker and defibrillator systems....Syntermed licenses Emory ERTb software for enhanced cardiac imaging
...n, including the recent FDA cleared SyncTool™, which is designed to more accurately select heart failure patients who would benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Garcia is the scientific founder and chief scientific advisor of Syntermed. The company is co-owned in part by Emory and Georgia Tech...Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
...e, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Besides maintaining optimal electrical stimulation to the heart, these CRT-D (cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation) devices are giving cardiologists a new view of subtle changes in a key measurement of heart health -- heart rate variabil...Boston Scientific Announces European Approval for Its LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System
...ersion of the LATITUDE system is compatible with the Company's wireless TELIGEN(R) implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and COGNIS(R) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), the world's smallest and thinnest high-energy devices. The first enrollments of European patients onto the LA...Boston Scientific Announces Company Schedule for Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions
...and the ALTITUDE Clinical Science Program. These presentations will provide new insights for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) patients. Schedule of Events (all times are Eastern Time) Tuesday, May 12 Cardiac Rhythm Man...Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval of New Heart Failure Lead
...tion (NYSE: BSX ) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its ACUITY(R) Spiral left ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P), both of which treat heart failure. The ACUITY Spiral lead is ...Boston Scientific Announces Program to Analyze Latitude(R) Patient Monitoring Data
...e initiative will use the substantial LATITUDE data to seek answers to common questions related to implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) device therapy. The ALTITUDE initiative will be managed in collaboration with an external physician panel of thought lea...Boston Scientific Announces Japanese Approval of Heart Failure Lead
...) today announced Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval of its ACUITY(R) Steerable left ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, which treat heart failure. The Company also received reimbursement approval for the lead from the National Health Insurance Sys...Boston Scientific Announces European Approval of New Heart Failure Lead
... Spiral left ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers, both of which treat heart fail... factor in providing patients with optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy," said Fred Colen, Executive Vice Presiden...Boston Scientific Announces Three FDA Product Approvals for Its Cardiac Rhythm Management Business
...otect patients at risk of sudden cardiac death -- The LIVIAN(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), which provides cardiac resynchronization and defibrillation therapies in one device -- An upgraded LATITUDE(...Stereotaxis Appoints David Burkhardt, M.D. as Chief Medical Officer
...ne as an Electrophysiologist at the Cleveland Clinic. His specialties include remote navigation, new technology assessment and optimization of Cardiac resynchronization Therapy. In 2005, he was appointed Associate Program Director at the Cleveland Clinic. He has authored or co-authored over 30 peer-reviewed publicatio...