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 ...
Business Wire

LivaNova Announces the Launch of the PLATINIUM ICD & CRT-D Family Providing the World’s Longest Projected Longevity

PLATINIUM, released simultaneously in both Europe and Japan by LivaNova (formerly Sorin Group), will protect patients from avoidable replacement surgeries and the inherent risk of complications.
Healio

CRT devices, His bundle pacing, reducing complications focus of new ESC pacing guideline

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among the features of the new European Society of Cardiology guideline on pacing and cardiac resynchronization ...
Business Wire

BIOTRONIK: EchoCRT, the Largest Trial of Its Kind, Enrolls First Patients Today

The EchoCRT Study Will Investigate the Life-Saving Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure Who Currently Do Not Receive Device Therapy BERLIN, Germany & LAKE ...
Yahoo UK & Ireland

LivaNova Launches Next Generation ICD and CRT-D Devices in the United States

"Increasing the longevity of ICD and CRT-D devices is crucial for patients to avoid early replacement surgeries, which carry risks of complications and increase the cost of care," said Dr. Steven ...
Medscape

Antitach-pacing in CRT-treated heart failure explored in randomized study

San Francisco, CA - When a heart-failure patient has a defibrillator-equipped cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) device, antitachycardia pacing (ATP) is preferable to a shock for the treatment ...
TCTMD

St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Launch of Smaller, Higher Power ICD and CRT-D Devices

ST. PAUL, Minn. St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and the launch of the Fortify(TM) ST implantable cardioverter ...
TCTMD

Manufacturing Defect Leads to Recall of Implanted Medtronic CRT-D Devices, ICDs

A manufacturing defect that prevents delivery of necessary electrical shocks has resulted in the recall of four dozen already-implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillation (CRT-D) devices ...
BioWorld

Women reap twice the benefits of men with HF CRT-D device

On the heels of a unanimous FDA panel recommendation in March for an expanded indication of Boston Scientific's (Natick, Massachusetts) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), ...
Fierce Healthcare

New Data from Landmark Study Shows Cost-Effectiveness of Medtronic Life-Saving CRT-D Therapy in Mildly Symptomatic Heart F

MINNEAPOLIS & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced findings from an economic analysis of the landmark RAFT (Resynchronization / Defibrillation in Ambulatory Heart ...
Los Angeles Times

Combination device reduces heart failure deaths

A combination defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization device reduced deaths by nearly one-third in patients with mild heart failure in a study that was terminated early on Monday because of its ...