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 ...

A new review describes how conduction system pacing, led by left bundle branch area pacing, is replacing conventional right ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Long-term CRT-D use was tied to improved survival and time to adverse events vs. ICD therapy in patients with ...

Pacemakers are implantable cardiac devices used in the treatment of bradycardia and heart failure. They monitor electrical signals in the heart and deliver electrical stimuli to cause contraction in ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are published online today in European Heart Journal. The use of pacemakers continues ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common condition that has a poor prognosis despite recent advances. New treatments are needed to reduce sudden cardiac death in early and less-symptomatic cases and ...

A $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is helping faculty researchers in the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science develop an artificial intelligence tool ...

Receipt of a cardiac-resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) offers long term benefit for patients with heart failure, reduced ejection fraction, and a widened QRS complex, according to a ...

A meta-analysis of four observational studies involving 110 patients associated cardiac resynchronization therapy with ...

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has emerged as a cornerstone in the management of selected patients with chronic heart failure characterised by reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Medtronic, Inc. today announced CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark receipt and the European launch of its newest cardiac resynchronization therapy-pacemaker, Viva® CRT-P. The Viva CRT-P is ...

Results from the Cardiac Resynchronization—Heart Failure (CARE-HF) study support the use of implantable cardiac-resynchronization devices in patients with heart failure due to left-ventricular ...