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Changes Go Into Effect July 1, 2013, for Five Credentialing Programs Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) announced changes to its qualification pathways for five of its credentialing programs. The effective date of these changes...

BIOTRONIK announced that the first CRT-D patient has been enrolled in the BIOTRONIK EuroEco Trial — the European Health Economic Trial on Home Monitoring in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy...

Concerned about the safety of young athletes, members of the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) House of Delegates voted to encourage schools to have readily accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The majority of cases of...

eCardio Diagnostics recently awarded a grant to the Carolinas HealthCare Foundation in support of the 2012 Heart Of A Champion Day in Charlotte, NC. The program, pioneered by Carolinas HealthCare System, is in its fifth year and is one of...

Dr. Gregory Feld, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Perminova, Inc., and Director of UC San Diego Health System’s Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, is among the top 1 percent of the nation’s electrophysiologists, according to new...

Study results indicate that externalized conductors occur less frequently in thinner leads St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, announced initial findings from the Riata® Lead Evaluation Study. The study’s phase-one...

BioControl Medical has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to begin the second phase of INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure), a global, multi-center, investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study of...

Investment will fund development of a unique percutaneous technology for mitral regurgitation Sorin Group, a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced a minority investment in...

SPIRIT-ICD Study Explores Benefits of Intensified Diagnostic Follow-up and Timely Therapeutic Intervention for High-Risk Patient Group BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of innovative medical technology, announced that enrollment is now...

For years, Tampa resident Catherine DeMare had atrial fibrillation (AF) and lived with the irregular heartbeat and uncertainty that affects approximately three million Americans. That is, until a procedure stopped her AF cold, literally. ...