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), ...

During an average lifetime, the heart beats more than 2 billion times. To you, it might just be a steady “lub-dub” that speeds up under pressure and slows as you drift to sleep. But behind that rhythm ...

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 ...

Biventricular pacing therapy is effective in patients with severe congestive heart failure. Strain Doppler imaging (SDI) is a new tool for measuring regional myocardial deformation. We evaluated ...

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 ...

Genevieve E. Brumberg, M.D.; Bahaa Kaseer, M.D.; Hemal Shah, M.D.; Samir Saba, M.D.; Sandeep Jain, M.D. The clinical and procedural characteristics of our study group ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death but may increase the risk of subsequent heart failure in patients who live longer, according to a study published ...

Reduced cardiac efficiency caused by suboptimal synchronization of the heart's normal contraction might contribute to the development of or exacerbate heart failure. Conceptually and in practice ...

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 ...

SIOUX CITY -- Before Fred Roling had a defibrillator surgically implanted in his chest, he was frequently short of breath and felt sluggish. Doctors discovered the then 69-year-old Remsen, Iowa, man's ...