Current medical guidelines have prompted implementation of increasing numbers of implantable rhythm devices, be they pacemakers, internal cardioverter–defibrillators or loop recorders. These devices ...

After extensive discussions about problems with the pivotal trial, members of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Circulatory Systems Devices panel unanimously lined up against an implantable ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—During a presentation at TCT 2012, Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD, from Columbia University in New York, discussed novel device-based therapies for the treatment of advanced heart failure.

Researchers from the University of South Florida developed a novel ventricular assist device that is placed directly inside a failing ventricular cavity to help it pump blood correctly again. This ...

The companies will use St. Jude's intracardiac catheter device and Zonare's ultrasound technology. "We are pleased to partner with St. Jude Medical to develop better tools for increased clinician ...