ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Medtronic the go-ahead on a clinical trial to test its next generation of MRI pacemaker technology, the Minnesota company announced Monday. The maker of ...

To capitalize on growing demand from international markets, St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) is launching a new MR-Conditional pacemaker in India that will allow patients implanted with such a pacemaker to ...

(BPT) - MRI is increasingly being used to diagnose a multitude of conditions. In fact, more than 34 million MRI scans are performed annually in the U.S. But for someone with a cardiac pacemaker, ...

The FDA approved MRI-conditional labeling for Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker, making it the smallest and longest-lasting MRI-compatible device of its kind. The new labeling also applies to a pacing ...

The FDA approved Biotronik’s MR-conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemaker, making it the smallest such device available in the U.S. Heart failure refers to a group of symptoms in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Diagnostic MRI images to assess cardiac function, perfusion, and viability could be obtained in almost all patients with MR-conditional pacemakers in a prospective study [1]. The ...

Medical device maker Medtronic announced in a press release yesterday that it has won FDA regulatory approval for its Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacemaker. The Advisa is Medtronic's second MR-conditional ...

A new protocol at Mayo Clinic in Arizona allows select patients to have an MRI exam even though they have a pacemaker. A new protocol at Mayo Clinic in Arizona allows select patients to have an MRI ...

It might be possible for people with an older pacemaker to safely get an MRI after all. A new study suggests that avoiding a scan of the chest and reprogramming the pacemaker before and after the scan ...