Defibrillators

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A lead is an insulated wire that carries the heart signal to the implanted device and delivers energy from the device to the heart.

In most cases, leads are passed into the heart through veins.

"The ability to place a left ventricular lead precisely where it will stimulate the heart most effectively is a key factor in providing patients with optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy," said Dr.

Stephen Mester, Medical Director of Electrophysiology Lab, Tampa General Hospital.

"The ACUITY Steerable lead's deflectable tip control is similar to an electrophysiology catheter and allows me to easily maneuver it into side- branch vessels." Dr.

Mester served as Principal Investigator for the ACUITY Steerable lead clinical trial.

"Our Cardiac Rhythm Management group is moving in the right direction with this product approval and yesterday's announcement that the warning letter has been resolved," said Jim Tobin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific.

"We look forward to making this lead available to physicians so they can offer this advanced therapy to their heart failure patients." The ACUITY Steerable lead, which will be broadly available in July, also provides physicians with four configurations for stimulating...

They are the single most important item of equipment in saving lives after a cardiac arrest.

On average the RUH has around one call per day to the cardiac arrest team.

advertisement The new Lead intensive therapy unit (ITU) clinician and consultant anaesthetist Jerry Nolan said: "We are absolutely delighted that the League of Friends agreed to fund these state-of-the-art "The new "The defibrillator analyses the heart rhythm and advises on the correct course of treatment.

This means that staff can deliver an electric shock to the heart straight away, without waiting for a doctor to arrive.

"These The faster a shock can be given, the more likely it is to be effective." Chairman of the Hospital Friends Tessa Berridge said: "The Friends were seeking to finance some urgently needed medical equipment, during our 50th anniversary year.

"We were delighted to respond to the request for the life-saving "This is one more thing for the Friends to celebrate in s...