Heart Rhythm Society Meeting In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Neurostimulation for heart failure: Medtronic will launch a study to evaluate spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of heart failure in the next few weeks, cardiologist Douglas Zipes announced at HRS. Zipes and other speakers discussed the emerging role of neurostimulation devices, such as Medtronic's PrimeADVANCED neurostimulator and BioControl Medica's CardioFit vagus nerve stimulation device, to treat heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. Neither devices are approved in the U.S. "There is a huge market for improving ventricular function over the present therapies," such as defibrillation, Zipes, of Krannert Institute of Cardiology in Indianapolis, said. "This is a major advance." Zipes will be lead investigator of Medtronic's DEFEAT-HF study