Boston Scientific & #039;s New Defibrillators Really Are Smarter

A suite of sensors designed to make implantable defibrillators smarter received a boost of support this week in the form of a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the Heart Failure Society of America's annual scientific meeting in Dallas. New data confirmed that Boston Scientific's HeartLogic Diagnostic, which is slated for commercial release later this year as part of a new line of implantable heart devices, accurately enhanced the ability to classify patients at high or low risk of a future heart failure event. The Multisensor Chronic Evaluation in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients (MultiSENSE) trial showed that the HeartLogic Diagnostic significantly expanded the ability of a baseline blood test to identify when patients were at an elevated risk of a heart failure event. The combination of the HeartLogic Diagnostic with a baseline NT-proBNP measurement accurately identified when patients within varying risk groups were at 23 to 50 times increased risk of a heart failure event. Boston Scientific said the new tool provides continuous measurement of a patient's heart failure by combining data from sensors evaluating heart sounds, respiration rate and volume, thoracic impedance, heart rate and activity. Current clinical guidelines recommend the use of a blood test to measure natriuretic peptides BNP or NT-proBNP in order to diagnose heart failure or determine disease severity. However, the company said the blood test can only reflect a snapshot assessment at the t...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Cardiovascular Software Source Type: news