Medscape

Adaptive Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device: A Simulation Report

The simulation results presented here demonstrate the potential of the adaptive CRT device with dynamic optimization of AV and VV intervals for improving cardiac output beyond the current non-adaptive ...
Your Observer

Hosptial joins clinical trial of new heart failure treatment

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

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Expanded Indication for Medtronic Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Defibrillator (CRT-D) Devices

Medtronic CRT-D Devices Demonstrate Survival Benefits for Mildly Symptomatic Heart Failure Patients in Two Pivotal Clinical Trials MINNEAPOLIS – Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and ...
TCTMD

IRON-CRT: IV Iron Boosts LVEF, Cardiac Contractility in Deficient HF Patients

Treatment of iron deficiency in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) at least 6 months after implantation with a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device can improve ...
MedPage Today

Early CRT Benefits HF With Moderately Reduced Ejection Fraction

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 ...
Reuters

Medtronic device helps in earlier heart failure

CHICAGO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Patients with mild to moderate heart failure benefited from an implanted Medtronic Inc device that combines a pacemaker to coordinate pumping with a defibrillator that ...
Medscape

Iron-Clad Benefits of CRT Seen in Reduced-EF Heart Failure

The case for the use of intravenous iron therapy for some patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) has strengthened in recent years, with several trials showing gains in ...
EurekAlert!

Implanted devices as effective in 'real world' as in clinical trial settings

Implanted devices that treat cardiac dysfunction in heart failure patients are as successful in "real world" use as they are in controlled clinical trial settings, according to a large new study ...
MedPage Today

For Your Patients: Heart Failure Device Therapy

The heart is a finely tuned machine, pumping and squeezing to move blood through the body with a fresh supply of oxygen and nutrients. Electrical activity provides the spark to coordinate and activate ...
Becker's ASC

Texas cardiac center performs nation’s 1st implant of leadless CRT device

Electrophysiologists at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin recently became the first in the U.S. to implant an FDA-approved leadless system for cardiac ...
MD&M East

Medtronic Recalls Several Heart Devices Due to a Battery Problem

Medtronic is recalling seven of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices (CRT-Ds) due to the risk of a shortened battery life. The ICDs and ...
PharmiWeb

Landmark Sex-Specific Study Confirms Women Respond Better to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

BIOTRONIK’s BIO│WOMEN Study Enrolled 474 Patients Across Eight Countries in Europe and IsraelAddressing Critical Gaps as Women Often Remain Undiagnosed and Undertreated in Heart FailureThis ...