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Cameron Health receives FDA approval for subcutaneous implantable defibrillator system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a heart defibrillator that helps to restore regular heart rhythms with leads that can be implanted just under the skin (subcutaneously) instead of connected directly into the heart.

29 Sep 2012

Boston Scientific receives regulatory approval to market RELIANCE 4-FRONT in Europe and Asia

Boston Scientific Corporation has received regulatory approval to market the RELIANCE 4-FRONT lead, its next generation implantable defibrillation lead now available in Europe and Asia. Defibrillation leads are insulated wires that connect an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator to the heart for treatment of heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest.

24 Sep 2012

Concussion: an interview with Dr Rob Reid

Concussion happens when something produces a concussive force to the head, such as a blow to the head. The definition from the 2008 consensus, which was in Zurich, is, “concussion is defined as a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces.”

10 Sep 2012

Justice department asks for review of questionable defibrillator surgeries

In what experts say is a novel legal tactic to resolve hundreds of ongoing investigations simultaneously, the Justice Department is e-mailing hospitals across the country today with instructions to examine questionable implantable defibrillator surgeries on Medicare patients and estimate potential penalties under the False Claims Act.

1 Sep 2012

New blood test can predict which heart failure patients would benefit from ICDs

A novel blood test that predicts sudden death risk in heart failure patients is set to help physicians decide which patients would benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).

27 Aug 2012

People with cardiac arrest during or shortly after exercise more likely to survive

People who have a cardiac arrest during or shortly after exercise are three times more likely to survive than those who have a cardiac arrest that is not exercise related, according to research presented at the ESC Congress 2012 today.

27 Aug 2012

Study confirms electrical storm as potent risk factor for death and impaired quality of life

Electrical storm (ES) is a potent risk factor for mortality and morbidity, according to research presented today at the ESC Congress 2012 by Dr Federico Guerra from Italy. Data was also presented on which patients are prone to developing ES and how effective current treatments are.

27 Aug 2012

ICD use contributes to decline in cardiac arrest

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use is responsible for one-third of the decline in cardiac arrests caused by ventricular fibrillation, researchers say.

9 Aug 2012

Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’

Athletes who choose to continue competing after being diagnosed with long QT syndrome have a low rate of LQTS-triggered cardiac events, US researchers report.

26 Jul 2012

American Osteopathic Association encourages schools to have readily accessible AEDs

Concerned about the safety of young athletes, members of the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) House of Delegates voted today to encourage schools to have readily accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

23 Jul 2012

Sustained ventricular arrhythmias in NSTE ACS rare but high-risk

Sustained ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia in patients admitted with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome are uncommon but worsen patients’ prognosis markedly if they do develop, researchers report.

19 Jun 2012

New data supports clinical role of Cambridge Heart’s MTWA test in managing patients at risk of SCA

Cambridge Heart, Inc., a developer of non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, today announced that results of a prospective, 155-patient trial reinforce the value of the Microvolt T-Wave Alternans (MTWA) test as a predictor of life-threatening heart rhythms and Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD).

7 Jun 2012

Automated external defibrillators rarely close to locations of public cardiac arrests

More than 75 percent of cardiac arrest victims are stricken too far away from an automated external defibrillator for the lifesaving device to be obtained quickly enough to offer the best chance at saving their lives, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today at the annual meeting of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

14 May 2012

Findings reveal racial disparities in pre-hospital care for cardiac arrest

Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the scene than white patients, according to research that will be presented by a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania today at the annual meeting of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

14 May 2012

Novel heart monitoring device helps ER patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care

A study conducted at Scripps Health has found that a novel new heart monitoring device helped emergency room patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care. Scripps Health electrophysiologist Steven Higgins, MD, presented findings of the study titled, "Prevalence of Arrhythmias in Emergency Department Patients Discharged Using a Novel Ambulatory Cardiac Monitor", today at the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston.

14 May 2012

Cedars-Sinai’s first patient implanted with SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart

SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, said today that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has discharged its first patient to be implanted with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart.

11 May 2012

PET imaging for sudden cardiac arrest can identify candidates for ICDs

New research from the University at Buffalo suggests that cardiologists may have a new way to identify patients who are at the highest risk of sudden cardiac arrest, and the most likely to benefit from receiving an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD).

11 May 2012

ICD therapy significantly reduces mortality in patients with moderate heart failure

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced results of the SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial) 10-Year Follow-up Study at Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston. The study demonstrated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy significantly reduces mortality for at least 11 years in patients with moderate heart failure (HF).

11 May 2012

FDA approves St. Jude Medical’s Ellipse ICD

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Ellipse implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

10 May 2012

FDA approves St. Jude Medical's Assura family of implantable defibrillators

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).

8 May 2012

Defibrillator News and Research

Latest Defibrillator News and Research

Cameron Health receives FDA approval for subcutaneous implantable defibrillator system

Boston Scientific receives regulatory approval to market RELIANCE 4-FRONT in Europe and Asia

Concussion: an interview with Dr Rob Reid

Justice department asks for review of questionable defibrillator surgeries

New blood test can predict which heart failure patients would benefit from ICDs

People with cardiac arrest during or shortly after exercise more likely to survive

Study confirms electrical storm as potent risk factor for death and impaired quality of life

ICD use contributes to decline in cardiac arrest

Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’

American Osteopathic Association encourages schools to have readily accessible AEDs

Sustained ventricular arrhythmias in NSTE ACS rare but high-risk

New data supports clinical role of Cambridge Heart’s MTWA test in managing patients at risk of SCA

Automated external defibrillators rarely close to locations of public cardiac arrests

Findings reveal racial disparities in pre-hospital care for cardiac arrest

Novel heart monitoring device helps ER patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care

Cedars-Sinai’s first patient implanted with SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart

PET imaging for sudden cardiac arrest can identify candidates for ICDs

ICD therapy significantly reduces mortality in patients with moderate heart failure

FDA approves St. Jude Medical’s Ellipse ICD

FDA approves St. Jude Medical's Assura family of implantable defibrillators

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