Modern Healthcare

CRT-P pacemaker prices drop 12% as hospitals step up bargaining pressure

The average price paid by hospitals for cardiac implantable resynchronization pacemakers has dropped 12% over the last year, according to the most recent Modern Healthcare/ECRI Institute Technology ...
Business Wire

Sorin Group Announces European Launch of REPLY CRT-P, the World’s Smallest Cardiac Resynchronization Pacemaker

MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sorin Group (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the launch of REPLY CRT ...
Business Wire

St. Jude Medical Gains CE Mark Approval for MRI Labeling of its Quadra Allure MP Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker

The Quadra Allure MP ™ CRT-P now offers patients the flexibility to undergo full-body diagnostic MRI scans for other conditions ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a ...
AOL

St. Jude Medical Announces CE Mark and Launch of First Quadripolar CRT Pacemaker

Allure Quadra elevates the standard for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemakers Allure Quadra(TM) CRT-P (Photo: St. Jude Medical, Inc.) "Adding quadripolar technology to the CRT-P platform moves ...
News Medical

Defibrillator does not improve outcomes in patients with CRT pacemaker

Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...
Healio

CRT-P may be better option than CRT-D in nonischemic cardiomyopathy

Among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy who require cardiac resynchronization therapy, a pacemaker may have comparable efficacy and more cost efficiency compared with a defibrillator, according ...
Healio

MR-conditional quadripolar CRT pacemaker approved

Biotronik announced that it has launched the smallest MR conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker in the U.S., recently approved by the FDA. According to a press release from the ...
FierceBiotech

St. Jude gains CE mark for first pacemaker with MultiPoint Pacing

St. Jude ($STJ) thinks it has built a better pacemaker, an ongoing obsession of the medical device giants in pursuit of defending their market turf. The company has ...
HealthLeaders Media

ICD-10-PCS Reporting for CRT-Ps

A typical implantation of a CRT-P with its three leads and use of an anti-infective envelope would require five ICD-10-PCS codes. Q: We are having trouble with a case that involves an Implantation of ...
FierceBiotech

FDA approves next-generation Medtronic pacemaker

Medtronic ($MDT) snagged FDA approval for its next-generation cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemaker in patients with heart failure, expanding its ...
Medscape

New BiV Pacemaker? Skip the ICD Part if LVEF is 'Normal,' Suggests MADIT-CRT Analysis

ROCHESTER, NY — Some patients with "normalized" LV function when their primary-prevention defibrillating cardiac-resynchronization-therapy device (CRT-D) nears the end of its service life may safely ...
Medscape

Age Likely Explains Pacemaker vs ICD Survival Difference in HF

Pacemakers do not result in lower survival than implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure, a large health claims ...