Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker?' — -- Question: What is a biventricular pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy (also called a CRT device), ...

The benefit of biventricular pacing in appropriate patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) now has been established in terms of both morbidity and mortality. [1,2,3,4,5] Current criteria for ...

Sept. 15, 2004 (Toronto) — Heart failure patients undergoing resynchronization therapy with a biventricular (BiV) pacemaker plus implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) experience improvements in ...

LOS ANGELES (March 8, 2002) – Patients who suffer from advanced congestive heart failure and heart rhythm abnormalities may qualify to participate in one of two research trials now underway at ...

CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...

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Placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure did not improve overall survival compared to usual clinical care -- although a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators can be extracted safely and feasibly. S-ICD extraction was ...

Dublin, Oct. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Interventional Cardiology: Implantable Pacemaker Products" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for implantable ...

SIOUX CITY -- Before Fred Roling had a defibrillator surgically implanted in his chest, he was frequently short of breath and felt sluggish. Doctors discovered the then 69-year-old Remsen, Iowa, man's ...