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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, women were less likely to die or have a ventricular event than ...

Sarasota Memorial Hospital is part of a global research effort on an option to traditional cardiac resynchronization therapy.

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released updated guidelines for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), which emphasize patient-centered care and shared ...

It's dangerous in medicine to make decisions based solely on what makes intuitive sense. At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2023, we learned from the BUDAPEST CRT trial that the ...

A Minnesota-based company is recalling more than 348,000 defibrillators over concerns that they may not work. Medtronic, which has its executive headquarters based in Minneapolis, initiated the recall ...

Amsterdam, Netherlands – 26 Aug 2023: Upgrade to cardiac resynchronisation therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodelling ...

The survival benefit of a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) lasts for several years in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of heart failure (HF), a reduced ejection fraction, ...

AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—Among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), a previously implanted pacemaker or ICD, and a significant RV pacing burden, upgrading to a cardiac ...

Almost exactly a year after beginning a recall of some of its implantable defibrillator devices that were found to potentially emit electrical pulses below their programmed strength, Medtronic has ...

The researchers found that women with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator had a lower risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias or death compared to men. HealthDay ...

Medtronic is warning European healthcare providers of a potential safety issue found within many of its implanted heart devices that may make them less effective. As described in a June notice made ...