Ambulatory Heart Failure Monitor Feb 26, 2014 A start up company called Perminova is developing a necklace for clinical use that can track a number of vital signs including thoracic fluid levels which has been proved to be a viable indicator / predictor of congestive heart failure (CHF).  This device can potentially be worn around […]

Flexible Heart Wrap for Continuous 3D Electrocardiac Monitoring Feb 26, 2014 Even though we are in the most advanced age of technology, a 3 dimensional view of the heart does not really exist. Having a full dimenional view of the heart’s activity can lead to more effective treatment and further prevention.  A research team at […]

3 Year Implantable Cardiac Monitor In Portugal, doctors implant a small device under the skin which monitors cardiac patients for three years. An implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) or cardiac monitor was first tested in 1997 but is now much smaller and smarter in technology. An ICM is used for cardiac patients with complicated arrhythmias and/ […]

Long Term Monitor Yields Greater Value for Stroke February 26, 2014 Information presented at the International Stroke Conference reveal that a continuous ECG recording for up to 2 weeks detected cardiac arrhythmias in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. According to this study, many of the arrhythmias occurred after 48 hours in the study […]

Northwestern Medicine researchers discover new way to prevent some strokes Source: Posted By News On February 18, 2014 – 2:00pm CHICAGO – Larry Ambrose woke up one night, wandered into his kitchen but couldn’t completely read the time on his microwave. A few days later when he noticed his blood pressure was unusually high, he […]

Insertable heart monitor finds elusive atrial fibrillation after unexplained stroke A small cardiac monitor implanted under the skin proved six to seven times more likely than standard monitoring methods to find an irregular heart rhythm that may have caused a patient’s stroke, according to a late-breaking science report presented at the American Stroke Association’s International […]

ICM Better Detects Atrial Fibrillation February 23rd 2014 A new study released demonstrated that an Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) detected atrial fibrillation that was not detected (missed) by other traditional monitoring methods such as resting EKG, 24 Hour Holter Monitor and other Cardiac Event Monitoring technologies.  The study called CRYSTAL-AF (Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial […]

Medtronic Launches Reveal LINQ Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) Feb. 19, 2014 Medtronic, Inc. announced FDA 510k clearance CE Mark, and the global launch of its Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) System. The Reveal marks the worlds smallest implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) to assist cardiovascular specialists with long term monitoring of ECG for up to […]