North Shore University Hospital’s cardiology team became the first to complete a procedure using the novel OmniaSecure defibrillation lead on Jan. 7, a landmark in the field of electrophysiology. The ...

Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) announced today they are the first team in the world to implant the industry’s smallest defibrillation ...

The Aurora EV-ICD and OmniaSecure defibrillation lead. [Images. courtesy of Medtronic] Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) + today announced new data supporting its Aurora and OmniaSecure defibrillation technology ...

This single-center, ambispective cohort included patients undergoing one-stop procedures [LAAO combined with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA)], where LAAO was performed first. DCCV was ...

"This is the first study to describe Emergency Physician's ability to [manage] both the procedural sedation and electrical cardioversion of class III and class IV obese patients," the authors wrote.

A diagram of the affected Endotak Reliance defibrillation leads. [Image courtesy of Boston Scientific/FDA] The FDA issued a correction related to a recall of Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) + ...

Edited by Carsten W. Israel MD, and S. Serge Barold MD. Futura Publishing Company, Inc., Armonk, New York, 2001; 464 pages, 155 figs., 27 tables. ISBN: 0-87993-497-2. The field of atrial stimulation ...

PRINCETON — A heart procedure that required patients needing it to travel many miles from home can now find it at a local hospital serving southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. WVU Medicine ...

Some patients are having their defibrillation leads taken out early due to shock coil calcification, according to an FDA alert. Boston Scientific has informed healthcare providers that device leads ...

Background: Several clinical factors have been studied to predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after electrical cardioversion (ECV) with limited predictive value. Methods: A method able to ...