CardioExchange Archive

October 19th, 2013

Was Dick Cheney’s ICD Vulnerable to Hacking?

Larry Husten, PHD

It happened in Homeland. Could it happen in real life? In a 60 Minutes segment, Dick Cheney says that his doctors turned off the wireless function of his implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) “in case a terrorist tried to send his heart a fatal shock,” according to the Associated Press. Years later, Cheney watched an episode of the Showtime series Homeland, in which […]

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October 15th, 2013

First Leadless Pacemaker Gains Approval in Europe

Larry Husten, PHD

St. Jude Medical announced on Monday that the world’s first leadless pacemaker has gained CE Mark approval in Europe. The company also announced that it was buying Nanostim, the company that developed the innovative device. The FDA recently granted conditional approval for an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application and a pivotal clinical trial, St. Jude […]

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September 19th, 2013

A Novel Navigation System for CRT Device Implantation

Sergio Richter, MD

Sergio Richter discusses his research group’s study of a non–fluoroscopy-based tracking system that can be used when implanting a CRT device.

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September 13th, 2013

Entering New Territory with the Subcutaneous ICD

John Ryan, MD and Martin C. Burke, D.O.

John Ryan poses questions to Martin Burke, the lead investigator of the pivotal trial for the subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD).

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September 3rd, 2013

Echo CRT Trial – Going Narrow Doesn’t Broaden CRT Population

Edward J. Schloss, MD

A once promising indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in selected heart failure patients with narrow QRS intervals has suffered a major blow with the premature termination of the Biotronik sponsored multicenter EchoCRT trial.

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September 3rd, 2013

For CRT, Let ECG — Not Echo — Be Your Guide

Clyde Yancy, MD and John Ryan, MD

Clyde Yancy, coauthor of the NEJM editorial about the EchoCRT Study Group’s randomized trial of echocardiography-guided CRT, provides further insights about the findings.

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September 3rd, 2013

Study Fails to Support Broader Patient Population for Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy

Larry Husten, PHD

A new study from the Echo-CRT study group shows that CRT is not beneficial in patients with HF and a narrow QRS complex and may even be harmful.

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September 2nd, 2013

Living History and a Glimpse into the Future

M. Louis Handoko, MD PhD

Louis Handoko encounters Eugene Braunwald and finds himself drawn toward electrophysiology.

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September 2nd, 2013

Automatic Wireless Monitoring Shows Benefits in Chronic Heart Failure

Larry Husten, PHD

The In-Time trial is the first to show that home monitoring of HF patients may be beneficial.

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August 28th, 2013

American Heart Association Announces Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

Larry Husten, PHD

There are still a few days left in August, and the European Society of Cardiology meeting doesn’t start until this weekend in Amsterdam. Nevertheless, the American Heart Association has released the list of late-breaking clinical trials for its annual meeting in November. Late-Breaking Clinical Trials 1: Acute Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Care Sunday, Nov 17, 2013, 4:00 PM – 5:19 PM […]

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