In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Yu Zhang, Wen-Long Dai, Can-Can Lin, Qiao-Yuan Li and Cheng-Jun Guo from Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, ...

Background: T-wave alternans (TWA) is a useful method for identifying patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death. We aimed to determine the effects of different pacing modes on test results and ...

Implantation of an S-ICD in a Patient with a DDD Pacemaker and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries In a new publication from Cardiovascular ...

ROCHESTER, NY — Event-detection algorithms used by the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (LifeVest WCD, Zoll Medical) may be fooled into delivering an inappropriate shock in patients with implanted ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author, Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital ...

Results from SORIN GROUP’s long-term clinical randomized trial showed that the SafeR pacing mode significantly reduces heart failure events (death and hospitalization) Nice, France, – Sorin Group, a ...

Background A 70-year-old man with diabetes mellitus, fever of unknown origin and oliguria was admitted to hospital. Blood cultures were positive for a Staphylococcus aureus infection and antibiotic ...

Introduction: Single atrial stimulation (AAI) has been commonly used for permanent pacing in sick sinus syndrome and significant bradycardia. Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate long-term AAI ...

WASHINGTON (March 19, 2017) -- Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that ...