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Boston Scientific ALTREA Pacemaker EU Approved

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2008-05-07 19:07:50 by Michael in Medgadget
...Ventricular (AV) Delay programming options: These options are designed to reduce unnecessary right ventricular (RV) pacing, without dropping ventricular beats, a key distinction from other competitive RV pacing algorithms. The ALTRUA 50 and 60 series also include an enhanced AV search hysteresis feature, now with an extendable AV delay out to...
 
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Acuity Spiral Lead Given US Approval

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2008-06-02 20:22:59 by Michael in Medgadget
...ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P From the press release: The ACUITY Spiral lead is the Company's fifth generation left ventricular lead and second in the ACUITY family of left ventricular leads. The product features a spiral fixation...
 
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DuraHeart Begins US Trials

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2008-08-21 16:40:17 by Michael in Medgadget
...Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) in a 62 year old male at the University of Michigan, who was subsequently discharged about two weeks later. The device is being trialed as a bridge-transplantion medical device, the typical indication for LVADs. Except for an interesting centrifugal flow rotary pump with a magnetically levitated impeller, the...
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: 'You're better off having your [cardiac] arrest at Nordstrom'

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2008-01-03 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...ventricular arrhythmia. However, empirical data on the prevalence of delayed defibrillation in the United States and its effect on survival are limited Methods: We identified 6789 patients who had cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia at 369 hospitals participating in the National Registry of...
 
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REPLY, World's Smallest Pacemaker OK'ed in Europe

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2008-03-11 08:00:01 by Michael in Medgadget
...ventricular pacing in patients without heart block 50 to 80 percent of the time, SafeR reduces pacing in the ventricle to less than 0.1 percent in the same patients. Heart block is an electrical conduction disorder that results in the inability of the atria and ventricles, the heart's chambers, to beat in a synchronized way In addition to...
 
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Impella Percutaneous VAD to be Studied for Acute MI Patients

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2008-03-17 17:55:58 by Michael in Medgadget
...ventricular assist device designed for percutaneous placement in the catheterization lab, for at least four years now, ever since it was designed and manufactured by Impella CardioSystems AG of Germany From today's announcement: The AMI shock study will determine the safety and effectiveness of the Impella 2.5 as a left ventricular assist...
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Anesthesiologists on a Plane

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2008-04-09 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...ventricular dysrhythmia. Since April 2004, commercial flights with at least one flight attendant are required to carry an AED, and these devices have been shown to improve long-term survival rates by 26-40% at a cost less than US $50,000 per quality-adjusted life year. AEDs are designed to administer a shock only if ventricular fibrillation...
 
Tags: emergency department, emergency, emergency medical equipment, emergency landings, emergency medical kit, medical assistance, assistance, pediatric medical emergencies, medical emergencies
 
 
 
 
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FDA Approves Thoratec Heart Pump

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2008-04-22 08:00:01 by Tim in Medgadget
...Ventricular Assist System (LVAS). PMA's are hard to get cleared and implantable blood pumping devices are notoriously difficult to successfully engineer, so you can bet the folks in Pleasanton, CA are in high spirits these days. Some highlights from the press release... The approval follows a successful clinical trial involving more than 450...
 
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Reflections while cleaning Humphrey's litter box

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2008-05-27 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
 
...ventricular contractions ( PVCs ) are quite common even when everything's done correctly And PVCs sometimes herald the imminent onset of far worse: ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest The resident, struggling mightily to maintain a mask airway, oftimes isn't aware that the EKG monitor's showing cardiac...
 
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REPLY, World's Smallest Pacemaker OK'ed in USA

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2008-08-08 19:34:47 by Michael in Medgadget