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), ...

Electrophysiologists are asking for better communication between their field and the interventional cardiology community, particularly with operators who perform percutaneous transcatheter tricuspid ...

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 ...

Concerns that electromagnetic interference from standard airport metal detectors could adversely affect the pacing and sensing functions of pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators ...

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 ...

Dr Rajjit Abrol (University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas) and associates noted that many factors influence the extent of radiation exposure during procedures and that standard protective measures may ...

The BLOCK HF trial demonstrated that, during continual cardiac pacing, adverse left ventricular remodelling and deterioration of systolic function occurred more frequently with right ventricular than ...

Patients with indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have better clinical outcomes when they undergo left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) rather than conventional biventricular ...

Dublin, June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) Market Analysis and Forecast, ...

Technology failures, design flaws, and software bugs can be found in the most unexpected places. Now, researchers have developed a method for remotely compromising heart pacemakers surgically ...

Researchers at Texas Heart Institute (THI) and UCLA crossed a significant milestone in the development of wirelessly powered, leadless pacemakers. In an article in the Nature Research journal ...