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Lasting benefits seen for cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator

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 ...
Medscape

Age Likely Explains Pacemaker vs ICD Survival Difference in HF

Pacemakers do not result in lower survival than implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) devices in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for heart failure, a large health claims ...
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Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy benefits heart failure patients with pacing

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...
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Medtronic recalls over 348K defibrillators that may not work

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 ...
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Medtronic recall of ICD, CRT-D devices designated class I

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medtronic recalled ICDs and CRT-Ds with a glassed feedthrough made after Oct. 13, 2017 due to risk for low- or ...
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CRT-D upgrade reduces morbidity and mortality in HFrEF patients with RV pacing

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy displays long-term benefits vs. ICD in HFrEF

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 ...
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CARE-HF: CRT improves survival, symptoms, and remodeling—and sometimes achieves HF "remission"

"This puts CRT on equal footing with ACE inhibitors and beta blockers as part of the standard of care for patients with heart failure," Dr John GF Cleland (University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK) ...
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Upgrading to CRT Has Big Impact on HFrEF Patients With High RV Pacing Burden

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 ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Women Benefit More From Implantable Defibrillators Than Men

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 ...
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Upgrade to cardiac resynchronisation therapy benefits heart failure patients with pacing

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 ...