Latest Clinical cardiac electrophysiology Stories

CLEVELAND, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruce D. Lindsay, M.D., currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Washington University in St. Louis, has been appointed Director of Electrophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute. "We are pleased to have such an established leader in the field of electrophysiology join our team and continue to develop this talented department of physicians who have deep skills in treating delicate and complex...

Onset Medical Corporation announced today that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has granted clearance to begin marketing the Company's SoloPathTM transseptal access catheter in the United States. SoloPath utilizes Onset's patented Controlled Deployment Technology ("CDT") to allow percutaneous access to the chambers of the left heart and surrounding vasculature. Controlled Deployment Technology The Company has developed several unique product platforms based on its CDT, which...

A recently completed multi-center, peer-reviewed study has found that cardiac arrhythmias, one of the most common yet potentially dangerous heart conditions affecting more than four million Americans1, often go undetected despite medical monitoring, resulting in more than 780,000 hospitalizations and contributing to approximately 500,000 deaths each year2. The first of its kind study, to be published in the March issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, compared the...

Pacemakers and defibrillators for the survival of patients suffering from heart insufficiency Studies recently carried out at the University Hospital of the University of Navarra show that cardiac resynchronisation therapy using pacemakers and defibrillators improves the survival and quality of life of patients suffering from heart insufficiency and disorders of the blood-flow system.Cardiac resynchronisationOne of the advances for heart insufficiency developed over the past few years has...