St. Jude OASES
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Dynamic Atrial Overdrive pacing algorithm lowers atrial fibrillation burden - measured as total minutes in AF - up to 72%, according to results of OASES, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial presented at NASPE May 20 in Washington, D.C. DAO is featured in St. Jude Medical's Integrity AFx DR, Identity ADx DR and Integrity Micro DR pacers, and in the recently-approved Epic+ DR ICD. St. Jude's DAO pacers compete with Medtronic's AT500 pacemaker, which was approved earlier this with an AF suppression algorithm (1"The Gray Sheet" March 31, 2003, p. 32)...