Reusing Pacemakers from deceased donors is safe and effective, study finds.
Clinical Studies/Trials
AtriCure Aiming At Thoracoscopic Indication For AtriClip LAA Occlusion Device
MedCity News has reported on AtriCure’s quest to gain approval for use of the device in a minimally invasive fashion in stand-alone procedures to close the LAA.
UK Government Proposes Using NHS Data To Fuel Technology Innovation
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled proposals under which patient data could be sold to the private sector in order to be used in the quest for better and more accurately targeted medical technologies.
First Patient In The Svelte DIRECT Drug-Eluting Stent Study
SvelteMedical Systems Announces Treatment of First Patient in the DIRECT Drug-Eluting Stent Study.
BIOTRONIK Announces Six-Month Coronary Stenting ENERGY Registry Results
Biotronik’s thin strut PRO-Kinetic Energy bare metal stent with passive PROBIO coating showed excellent results in a 1,000 patient all-comers registry.
Boston’s WATCHMAN® Device First Patients in Latin America
Boston Scientific’s Innovative Watchman left atrial appendage closure device, a proven alternative to anticoagulant drugs for patients in atrial fibrillation at high risk for stroke, has been implanted for the first time in Latin America.
Bariatric Surgery Induces Weight Loss In Obese Family Members
In a study of 35 families, obese family members of patients undergoing bariatric surgery also showed a statistically significant weight loss.
AtriCure Stops Recruiting For DEEP AF Feasibility Trial
AtriCure, Inc. a leader in cardiac surgical ablation systems has announced that it has closed enrollment in its DEEP AF feasibility trial, believing a staged approach will be more favourable for investigators in its forthcoming pivotal trial.
More From AHA2011: Wearable Defibrillator Can Prevent Death In People With Arrhythmias
Heart rhythm records and calls about shocks from a registry of 14,475 patients with wearable defibrillators listed from 2007 through 2009 show 91.6 percent survived one or more episodes of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia.
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions: Catheter Ablation Outperforms Drugs For Periodic Atrial Fibrillation
American Heart Association Clinical Trial Report indicates that Radiofrequency ablation of target heart tissue shows better results than drug therapy in reducing atrial fibrillation.
Cryoplasty Post Dilatation Of SFA Decreases Risk Of Restenosis In Diabetics
Results from the COBRA clinical trial presented at TCT2011 show restenosis rate significantly reduced in diabetics when Cryoplasty adopted in SFA Stenting.
Patients Who Use Narcotics Prior To Knee Replacement Experience Worse Results
Patients who are dependent on opioids for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in theJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found.
InSeal Medical Announces Patients Successfully Treated with Novel Intravascular Large Bore Puncture Closure Device
InSeal Medical Ltd announced at TCT2011 the successful treatment of three patients with its investigational intravascular large bore puncture closure device.
Retrospective Study Shows New Device Significantly Reduces Blood Loss and Transfusions in Adolescent Scoliosis Corrective Surgery
New study demonstrates the effectiveness of the Aquamantys(R) System in limiting blood loss and reducing transfusions during spinal corrective surgery.
Brain Stimulator Shown to Reduce ‘Untreatable’ Epileptic Seizures
Brain stimulation has now been shown to offer significant relief to patients with intractable seizures for whom drugs and other treatments have not worked.
Medtronic Resolute® Drug-Eluting Stent Shows Strong Results, Even in Challenging Diabetes Patients with Coronary Disease
Pooled Data Analyses to Be Presented at TCT 2011 Demonstrate Heart Device’s Consistently Positive Performance Across Multiple Clinical Studies