Tag: innovation

Philips announces new advanced automation capabilities for its EPIQ CVx and...

A Philips press release reports both the EPIQ CVx and EPIQ CVxi now include automated applications for 2D assessment of the heart, as well...

First-in-human study demonstrates safety and efficacy of QDOT MICRO ablation catheter

Data presented at Heart Rhythm 2019 (8–11 May, San Francisco, USA) and published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology indicates that the QDOT MICRO (Biosense Webster),...

Smartphone apps launched for atrial fibrillation patients and their healthcare providers

Two novel smartphone and tablet applications (apps) for atrial fibrillation patients and healthcare professionals have been launched by heart experts. The two apps will...

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy guided by imaging: The next step for optimal...

Jonathan Behar (London, UK) co-inventor for the Guide CRT platform—shortlisted as a 2017 finalist for the EHRA Inventors Award—details the benefits of this novel...

EHRA Inventors Award ideas focus on cardiac remote monitoring and CRT...

For the second-year running, the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) held the EHRA Inventors Award competition at EHRA-EUROPACE CARDIOSTIM (18‒21 June, Vienna, Austria), a...

AF Symposium 2017: First-in-man study shows promising results with a multi-electrode...

Results of AF-FICIENT, the first-in-man study which seeks to evaluate the safety and performance of the new Apama radiofrequency (RF) balloon catheter system (Apama...

Seth J Worley

  Seth J Worley (senior consultant, Cardiac Rhythm Device Management, MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA) considers that...

In search of innovative technologies for ventricular tachycardia ablation with cryoenergy

A proof-of-concept study has demonstrated that a new cryoablation system, which achieves “much cooler” temperatures than previous cryoablation technologies, is able to create large,...

Light could potentially be used to treat ventricular arrhythmias

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and University of Bonn in Germany have found that beams of light could potentially replace  electric shocks to terminate ventricular...