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), ...

Figure 1A shows the adaptive CRT device simulation setup in a block diagram. A heart module that responds to pacing according to its state, and transmits right atrial, right ventricular, and left ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A leadless pacemaker can deliver cardiac resynchronization therapy to patients who cannot have conventional CRT ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Allure Quadra ™ ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among the features of the new European Society of Cardiology guideline on pacing and cardiac resynchronization ...

Washington, DC - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved two Biotronik cardiac-resynchronization-therapy pacemaker (CRT-P) generators, including one with an integrated home-monitoring system, ...

With the advent of new therapies, cancer patients are surviving longer than ever before -- but the incidence of side-effect chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy (CHIC), or weakness of the heart muscle, ...

And the newer CRT devices, approved for use since 2001, are designed to more closely mimic how a healthy heart functions. "We've head reason to suspect this for years, but we never have had a ...

Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...

Boston Scientific is recalling Ingenio family of pacemakers (includes models Advantio DR EL, Ingenio DR EL, and Vitalio DR EL) and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-Ps) due to the risk ...