March 23, 2021 — Researchers at Columbia University are using cardiac ultrasound to improve the critical need to ...
EP Lab
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac electrophysiology (EP) systems, techniques and devices using in EP labs. This includes implantable EP devices, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), cardiac resychronization therapy (CRT), ablation technologies, left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, atrial fibrilation (AF) and Holter monitors.
![Integrating data from an array of implantable EP devices from different vendors can be difficult or require disconnected silos of data for different vendors. One solution that was recently introduced to integrate data from various vendors is the Optimize EP software, which allows viewing data from all device vendors in one platform to streamline workflows.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Opimize_EP_with_devices.jpg?itok=H9OAQAhS)
A few weeks ago, a patient of mine experienced a cardiac event — his heart stopped. Completely. However, his implantable ...
![An example of intra-cardiac echo (ICE) imaging from Siemens Healthineers showing color flow Doppler with severe valve regurgitation. ICE has seen wider use in transcatheter structural heart procedures because, unlike TEE, it can be used without deeper sedation of anesthesia.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Siemens_ICE_Color_flow_Doppler_heart_valve.jpg?itok=-UoHzMgP)
Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside ...
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...
![AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/ACC_Late_Breaking_sessions_With_speaker_photo_by_DF%20copy.jpg?itok=yhT5MGGv)
The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...
March 3, 2021 — Medtronic announced new results from the landmark REVERSE trial, evaluating outcomes of cardiac ...
March 3, 2021 — Impulse Dynamics recently announced that DEKRA Certification B.V., a global regulatory organization ...
Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness ...
March 3, 2021 — Farapulse Inc. announced the first patients were treated in the ADVENT Trial, a U.S. Food and Drug ...
![The two biggest cardiac device technology stories in February included the Boston Scientific recall of its S-ICD system, and the FDA clearance of the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system to break up calcified lesions in the coronary arteries.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Most%20popular%20S-ICD%20and%20lithoplasty.jpg?itok=qASvKItl)
March 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...
February 23, 2021 — Remote cardiac monitoring vendor RhythMedix released its next-generation RhythmStar wearable device ...
Washington Health System (WHS) provides healthcare services at more than 40 offsite locations across three counties in ...
![Figure 1: Picture of the Emblem S-ICD Subcutaneous Electrode with an arrow showing where separation usually happens (distal to the proximal sense ring).](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Boston_Scientific_S-ICD_Recall_image.jpg?itok=cIoxPf9d)
February 2, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a recent recall of the Boston Scientific ...
February 2, 2021 – Optimize EP, a digital health company focused on transforming cardiac care by improving the current ...
![The most popular story in the month of January 2021 was on a small study that showed the new iPhone 12 can cause ICDs to stop functioning. COVID-19 content continues to rank among the top stories, including an article on the possible long-term cardiac consequences of COVID-19 infection in COVID long-haulers.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Most%20popular%20January%202021.jpg?itok=rZ1TfJi4)
February 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...
Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness ...
January 29, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Medtronic's DiamondTemp Ablation (DTA) system ...
![Patients with atrial fibrillation are at far greater risk of a catastrophic COVID outcomes, so steps should be taken to reduce AFib risks in addition to precautions against COVID like making, hand washing and social distancing. Images include an electromap from an AF ablation procedure and a COVID-19 from the CDC.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Atrial_Fibrillation_and_COVID.jpg?itok=SHrOyyaz)
In our most challenging and distressing days, it is nice to think about a post-COVID-19 world.
But while this ...
![More complex, longer interventional procedures such as structural heart interventions or this revascularization of a coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, requires angiography imaging systems that have improved image detail and lower radiation dose. However, purchase of new systems was put on hold by many hospitals in 2020 due to the sudden drop in elective procedures and diversion of resources due to the COVID-19. Photo by Dave Fornell. Interventional X-ray market.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Cath_lab_CTO_angiography_Henry_ford_DF.jpg?itok=3T65Wdp9)
January 19, 2021 – With the postponement of non-essential elective surgeries and medical procedures in 2020 to conserve ...