BIOTRONIK Blog

Why Innovative Treatment Solutions Should Be Designed With the Nurse in Mind

Cardiac catheterization labs can be complicated workplaces when it comes to occupational safety.

More than 1.7 million cardiac implantable electronic devices are implanted worldwide each year. Young implant wearers in particular have many questions about whether and how their life will change after the procedure. One of the most important ones: whether and to what extent they can practice sports again. Media coverage of the Danish professional soccer player Christian Eriksen, who had an ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) implanted after collapsing during an international match, has further increased interest in the interaction between cardiovascular diseases and sport.

Continuing a company tradition that started a decade ago, BIOTRONIK employees at the company’s headquarters mounted their bicycles in early July to race through Berlin as a team during VeloCity Berlin—an event that sees teams come together for either a 60km race or a 90km race through the German capital.

How New Strategies Move Beyond Simple AF Detection to Focus on Reducing AF Burden and Monitoring Disease Progression

Rolf Opuchlich has been with the BIOTRONIK Quality Team since 1997. In 2020, he received his own device. Despite knowing just about everything there is to know about the defibrillator he now wears, on his first vacation after getting his implant he was still a bit restless. “I was fairly nervous that first time,” says Rolf looking back at his first flight with his ICD after implantation. “Even though I know our devices well and had everything I needed with me.”

The first patient visit to BIOTRONIK in a long while met with excitement and enthusiasm

Atrial Fibrillation Is the Most Common Type of Heart Arrhythmia and Affects About 30 Million People Worldwide.

Recent Studies Reveal Optimal Levels of Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Health