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 ...

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 ...

"We know that heart failure is a multisystem disorder in which maybe the weakest link in the chain influences other organs in the body," Dr Guido Boerrigter (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) told heartwire ...

CRT is a surgical procedure in which doctors implant a pacemaker in both the right and left sides of the heart to help your heart’s chambers beat together. The goal is to improve heart pumping ...

BOSTON -- Early cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) benefited patients with moderately reduced ejection fraction (EF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB) but no indication for pacing, according to ...

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 ...