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Breakthrough Technology, Combined with Acutus Non-Contact Mapping May Enable Rapid, Safe and Effective Arrhythmia Treatment CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acutus Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFIB) today announced pre-clinical experimental results of a novel diagnostic and therapeutic workflow utilizing the AcQMap® System along with tissue-selective, non-thermal pulse field ablation (PFA) via […]
Solution Combines Nihon Kohden’s Proprietary Prefense® Early Detection & Notification System with Wireless Wearable Monitors to Expand Monitoring Capacity IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nihon Kohden, a U.S. market leader in precision medical products and services, today announced the launch of its NK-HealthProtect Wireless Surge Solution, a package of patient monitors, hardware and software […]
DALLAS, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — More than a decade ago, afib was a little-known condition. After creating Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, patient advocacy organization StopAfib.org worked with medical society partners to get the U.S. Senate to designate September as National Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) Awareness Month, which they did, in 2009. “That’s why […]
The ECG Holter agreement marks the launch of Cardiologs’ AI-based cloud technology business operations in Europe to detect cardiac rhythm disorders BOSTON, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Cardiologs, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) cardiology diagnostics, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement in France with MicroPort CRM, for the reselling of its cloud analysis solution […]
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Physicians with the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center are among the first in the world to participate in a clinical trial to evaluate a new intra-cardiac echocardiography catheter. Andrea Natale, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of TCAI, and Amin Al-Ahmad, […]
New release combines faster, higher resolution imaging for Medtronic cryoablation procedures KODEX-EPD system now installed at 40 sites worldwide with over 1500 patients treated Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced new imaging and workflow enhancements for its novel KODEX-EPD cardiac […]
Fitbit also launches Versa 3, adding GPS and a speaker; brings enhanced design and Active Zone Minutes (AZM) to Inspire 2 New Health Metrics dashboard for Premium lets users track heart rate variability, breathing rate, skin temperature variation and more3 SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) today announced Fitbit SenseTM, the company’s most advanced […]
System reduces radiation exposure, provides 3D, high-definition images of heart in real time CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physician was the first in Illinois to use a new advanced imaging system during cryoablation, a minimally-invasive treatment for atrial fibrillation requiring precise images of the heart. Bradley Knight, […]
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital is one of the first hospitals in Los Angeles to offer the next-generation Watchman FLX™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) implant to patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). The implant is an alternative to long-term warfarin medication. Up to 6 million Americans are […]
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center, Los Robles Health System perform near simultaneous implantation of WATCHMAN FLX™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On Aug. 5, 2020, physicians at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, and Los Robles Health System in Thousand Oaks, California, became […]
