Guest Post: How Sure Can We Be About Optisure?

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author, Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. How Sure Can We Be About Optisure? by Edward J. Schloss, MD On March 24, St. Jude Medical announced the global launch…

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Robert Hauser, ICD Watchdog, Offers Viewpoint On Riata Controversy At HRS

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author,  Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Robert Hauser, ICD Watchdog, Offers Viewpoint On Riata Controversy At HRS by Edward J Schloss MD The St. Jude Riata ICD lead controversy took…

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Software Tool Could Provide Early Warning of ICD Lead Failure

In recent years defects in ICD leads have caused recalls and provoked broad concerns among health care professionals and patients alike about the safety and reliability of ICDs and other implanted cardiac devices. Now a key player in these events proposes that a computer software program can better monitor ICD leads and provide earlier warnings…

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Guest Post: More Lessons From the Riata ICD Lead Recall

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author,  Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. This post is longer and far more technical than most of the content published on CardioBrief. Due to the extraordinary nature of the…

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Guest Post: What Are the Lessons of the Riata ICD Lead Recall?

Editor’s Note: The following guest post is published with the permission of its author,  Edward J. Schloss, MD, (Twitter ID @EJSMD) the medical director of cardiac electrophysiology at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. What Are the Implications of the Riata ICD Recall? by Edward J. Schloss, MD This week the New England Journal of Medicine published an…

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Court dismisses complaint against Medtronic over Fidelis leads

A US District Court has dismissed a case against Medtronic over the Fidelis lead failures. The decision follows the significant precedent-setting Supreme Court decision last year in Riegel v Medtronic. You can read the Wall Street Journal story or the Medtronic press release by clicking below….

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