Guidant Contak CD/TR
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Pulse generators for treatment of congestive heart failure debut on the European market. While both provide biventricular stimulation and bradycardia pacing, the CD model also offers cardioversion/defibrillation therapies for tachycardia. The devices use the Easytrak transvenous, over-the-wire lead system to reach the left side of the heart. The market release makes Guidant "the first company to provide a full product line of implantable devices for the treatment of heart failure," the firm maintains