Phillips recalled the HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator after discovering electrical and battery connection issues that could prevent the device from powering up, charging and delivering an electrical shock therapy.

The FDA…

BioSig Technologies announced an agreement to work with two Mayo Clinic cardiac electrophysiologists to develop features and applications for the company’s PURE EP…

Patients with atrial fibrillation and at least one additional risk factor for stroke who received digoxin had higher mortality rates compared with those who did not take digoxin, according to an analysis of a randomized trial.

Among…

Nearly 85 percent of patients with a history of atrial fibrillation who had an acute ischemic stroke did not receive guideline-recommended anticoagulation or had anticoagulation levels that did not fall in the therapeutic range, according to a…

Mark E. Josephson, MD, the emeritus chief of cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, died from cancer earlier this year, the Boston Globe reports. He was 73.

During his career, Josephson trained more the 200…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Medtronic’s Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor with TruRhythm Detection, designed to accurately identify abnormal heartbeats.

This model of the device runs on algorithms that resulted…

CMS has approved coverage of Medtronic’s Micra transcatheter pacing system for patients who need a single-chamber pacemaker.

In April 2016, the FDA…

The FDA granted premarket approval to Zoll Corporation’s hospital wearable defibrillator.

Zoll Corporation announced the approval in a news…

The FDA approved the FlexAbility Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled for patients with atrial flutter.

Abbott announced…

Patients with pacemakers may experience harmful electromagnetic interference caused by power lines, household appliances, electric tools and entertainment electronics, according to an in vivo study.

Lead researcher Dominik Stunder, MSc, of…

Medtronic announced on Feb. 24 that the company had received CE marks for quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy (…

Patients with a non-MRI conditional pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who received a nonthoracic MRI had no occurrences of death, lead failures, losses of capture or ventricular arrhythmias, according to a prospective…

The FDA approved the Freezor Xtra cryoablation catheter to treat patients with an abnormal heart rhythm known as atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVRT).

Medtronic, which manufactures the catheter,…

Police in Ohio charged a man with arson based in part on data collected from his pacemaker, the Associated Press reports.

Ross Compton, 59, pleaded not guilty to aggravated arson and insurance fraud charges on Feb. 7 in Hamilton,…

The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, is the first facility in the nation to use a new platform designed to treat heart rhythms and arrhythmias.

The medical center announced in a Feb.…

Between 1999 and 2013, the adjusted rates of hospitalization for atrial fibrillation increased nearly 1 percent year per year among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, while the median Medicare inpatient expenditure per beneficiary increased…

Women who were healthy at baseline had an increased risk of atrial fibrillation if they had multiple pregnancies, according to an analysis of a large cohort.

Lead researcher Jorge A. Wong. MD, MPH, of the Population Health Research…

The FDA approved a magnetic resonance (MR)-conditioning labeling for Abbott’s Assurity MRI pacemaker and its Tendreil MRI pacing lead.

Abbott…

The FDA granted a 510(k) clearance for the CardioInsight noninvasive 3D mapping system, which provides 3D maps of the heart and is used to map irregular heart rhythms.

Medtronic…

Medtronic plans on seeking coverage from CMS for the company’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, the first and only FDA-approved leadless pacemaker.

CMS…

Nearly 90 percent of adults who were eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) were implanted with the device, according to a retrospective registry study.

A multivariable analysis also found that black race and…