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Is the Clinical Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients Equal in Patients With and Without a Previous Pacemaker?

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is beneficial in patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class III and IV heart failure and wide QRS duration, especially due to left bundle ...
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Predictors of a Positive Response to Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Severe Heart Failure and Ventricular Conduction Delay

This prospective study recruited 102 consecutive patients referred to our center for implantation of a CRT device between January and December 2005. The inclusion criteria were as follows: left ...
Medical Dialogues

Electrophysiological Study Superior to ECG for Prophylactic Pacing Selection in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: JAMA

France: The findings of a new study published in JAMA Cardiology suggest that an electrophysiological study (EPS) provides ...

This Medical Device Can Extend People's Lives (And Was Invented Entirely By Accident)

A total accident led to the discovery of a medical device that's helped extend people's lives and get a vital organ back on ...
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BaroPace Announces RelieveHFpEF-II, Its Phase I First-in-Human Trial of PressurePace™, Its Patent-Pending Pacemaker Control Algorithm for the Treatment of Heart Failure with ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BaroPace Inc. announces its Phase I first-in-human trial of PressurePace TM, its patent-pending pacemaker control algorithm for the treatment of heart failure with ...