Image-guided surgery firm Stereotaxis and interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis said they will co-sponsor a postmarket, prospective, randomized outcomes-based clinical study to determine the role of magnetic navigation in left ventricular (LV) lead placement optimization.
The study will pair magnetically guided LV lead implant techniques with physiological parameters to measure response to pacing in multiple sites within the coronary venous system to determine the best pacing location, according to Stereotaxis of St. Louis.
The optimized LV lead implant will be compared with conventional lead implant techniques to determine the difference in chronic response, the company said.
The study is expected to begin enrollment in the second half of this year.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 18, 2006
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