The purpose of this presentation is to provide an update on the results of the Angio-Seal Evolution Registry released by Dr. Robert J. Applegate during the TCT convention in San Francisco, California on September 15, 2009.

Study goals: To assess the efficacy and safety of the Angio-Seal Evolution device in real world patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization and intervention via femoral artery access.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation about the pacing system including the pulse generator, leads, and patient care system.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on the selection of lead(s) for the pacing system.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders – Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation with a review of the electrical management of bradyarrhythmias.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation with an overview of the conduction system's five distinct areas and indications for pacing

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series- PowerPoint presentation on positions, rate modulation, mode selection and pacing profiles

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on implant technique for pacemakers including the background, equipment, lead placement and positioning, and threshold measurements

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series- PowerPoint presentation on pacing including sensing, pacing, capture, timing cycles, hysteresis, oversensing, undersensing, loss of capture, and loss of output

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series- PowerPoint presentation with examples of ECGs to identify pacing mode, capture, sensing, pacing intervals, rate variations, hysteresis, fusion or pseudofusion

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series- PowerPoint presentation covering Single-Chamber Electrocardiogram Analysis - systematic approach, examples, annotations, sensing and rate response

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation including atrial and ventricular pacing, advanced features, dual-chamber parameters and timing cycles

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation covering the pacemaker upper rate behavior

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on the systematic approach to dual-chamber ECG analysis

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on rate response, automated programming, senors and optimization

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - Powerpoint presentation including an overview and goals of special features available with dual-chamber pacing

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on AutoCapture™ Pacing Systems including clinical relevance, thresholds, challenges, evoked response, backup safety pulse, fusion avoidance, pseudofusion and caputure recover

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on stored electrograms (EGMs) including using them as a diagnostic tool, programming, examples and triggers

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Bradycardia - PowerPoint presentation on pacemaker follow-up including goals, discussion of systematic approach, check list, tinterrogation and review of the FastPath® Summary Screen

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on heart failure (HF) including types, origins, signs and symptoms, comorbidities, diagnosis and treatment

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation on CRT Implant including overviews of implanting the LV lead, locating the OS, coronary venous system and review of each step in the implant procedure

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation on CRT EGMs including the basics of EGMs, conduction pathways, LV and RV pacing, tied-output, anodal stimulation and independent outputs

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on CRT Optimization for non-responders including timing and echo optimization and programing for MTR, AV Delay, RRAVD, Negative AV Hysteresis, RRPVARP and AMS

Product training presentation on the proficiency of closed and opened irrigated RF ablation.

LAPTOP-HF is an FDA IDE approved pivotal, controlled, randomized study evaluating twice daily LAP monitoring, combined with physician directed patient self management. The study is designed to evaluate 730 patients with NYHA class III heart failure and episodes of acute decompensation in up to 75 centers. The primary effectiveness endpoint is a reduction in heart failure related hospitalizations.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - Powerpoint presentation on Sudden Cardiac Death including profiles, high-risk groups and risk factors.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation about clinical trails for Tachycardia - ICDs, background and review of specific trials.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series - PowerPoint presentation on Mechanisms of Tachycardia including unique properties of cardiac tissue, ions, action potential and mechanisms of types of arrhythmias.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series- Powerpoint Presentation which reviews the systematic approach to analysis of arrhythmia ECGs

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation with an overview of the types of EP studies, risks and benefits and set-up.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on antiarrhythmic drugs including how they work, classes and drugs and device patients

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - Powerpoint presentation about radiofrequency (RF) ablation including history, theory, basics, equipment and uses

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on the history, progress and future of ICDs

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia Series- PowerPoint presentation on guidelines and main pathologies for ICD implantation

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation about what an ICD must do, specificity and sensitivity, how it works, types of therapy, zone configuration and redetection

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation including sensing cardiac arrhythmia and about SenseAbility® technology

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation about Bradycardia pacing - ICD therapy and programming

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation about SVT discriminator basics, therapy and programming

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on Antitachycardia Pacing (ATP) including basics, how it works, programming and protocol

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on shock including technology, automatic capacitor maintenance, types of shocks, noncommitted therapy, DFTs and DeFT Response® Technology and shocking vectors

PowerPoint presentation on device-based testing including basics, capture tests, induction/therapy, noninvasive programmed stimulation (NIPS) and temporary pacing.

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on real-time measurements including why to evaluate and what information the measurements provide - battery voltage, signal amplitude, pacing lead impedance and high-voltage lead impedance

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on EGM Case Studies including visuals and diagnostic discussion

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on tachycardia diagnostic data including approach, tachycardia diagnostics, bradycardia diagnostics, episodal diagnostics, stored EGMs

Electrical Management of Cardiac Rhythm Disorders - Tachycardia - PowerPoint presentation on implant procedures - before, preparation, during and after implantation