CardioMEMS ran into a regulatory roadblock last week, when an FDA advisory panel recommended that the agency not approve the company's Champion HF Monitoring System. The device is said to be the first ...

Accurately measuring electrical signals and calcium levels in the heart can lead to earlier treatment of potentially fatal conditions, such as heart attack or congestive heart failure. Calcium plays ...

After rejecting it the first time, FDA has approved the world’s first implantable wireless heart monitoring device to manage chronic heart failure patients remotely. Though approved, FDA is requiring ...

Researchers have developed a soft, flexible, wireless device to monitor and treat heart disease and dysfunction in the days, weeks or months following traumatic heart-related events. And, after the ...

Aetna will provide coverage to members using wearable heart monitoring devices distributed by medical technology company VitalConnect, a July 20 news release said. The company’s four-part cardiac ...

When most people think of NASA, they envision rockets soaring into space or rovers exploring distant planets. However, some of the agency's most impactful innovations never leave Earth's atmosphere.

It didn’t take much to hack into the heart monitoring device and get it to administer a 137-volt shock: an oscilloscope, a PC, a wireless radio with a couple of antennas and some free software. With ...