PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A tiny device is helping doctors quietly keep watch over their patient's hearts. One day last year, Peter Schreck suddenly lost half his field of vision. "I could see half the ...

Background Though undiagnosed in many patients, especially those with cryptogenic stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a key ...

An experimental implant now under development could serve as a temporary monitor and pacemaker for ailing heart patients -- then dissolve away when it's no longer needed. The soft, lightweight and ...

Implantable cardiac monitors (ICMs) continuously monitor the patient's electrocardiogram and perform real-time analysis of the heart rhythm, for up to 36 months. The current clinical use of ICMs ...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOTRONIK, a leader in implantable medical device technology, today announced the first global implantation of its BIOMONITOR IV implantable cardiac ...

Gaithersburg, MD - The FDA's Circulatory System Devices Panel yesterday voted against the approval of Medtronic's implantable hemodynamic monitor, the pacemaker-sized Chronicle, a trailblazing, purely ...

The global implantable defibrillator market is projected to grow at a CAGR of ~7% during the forecast period. The growth is ...

When children with heart failure await transplants, they typically stay at the hospital for months to years, tethered to a bulky blood-pumping device. But an implantable heart pump could allow them to ...

Edwards Lifesciences is dropping about $1.6 billion on a pair of acquisitions to bolster its structural heart portfolio. They comprise JenaValve Technology, which is developing a transcatheter valve ...