Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), also called biventricular pacing, ... Biventricular pacemakers that are combined with an ICD do not tend to last as long.

Biventricular pacing is an excellent option for certain patients with advanced HF. Also known as “cardiac resynchronization therapy,” biventricular pacing has been shown to improve HF symptoms ...

Multiple shocks in a patient with a cardiac resynchronization ICD with extended bipolar sensing (Contak C™) due to double counting initiated by a pacemaker-mediated tachycardia prevention algorithm.

DENVER — Patients with indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators and wide QRS durations derived no additional benefit from left ventricular pacing compared with biventricular ...

Stores' Security Systems Can Mess With Cardiac Devices — ICD, pacemaker hiccups seen near anti-shoplifting monitors in lab study by Nicole Lou , Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 10, 2016 ...

Hemodynamic responses to biventricular pacing include an increase in the rate of rise of left ventricular pressure, as well as increases in pulse pressure, left ventricular stroke work, and ...

Right ventricular pacing restores an adequate heart rate in patients ... 0.60 to 0.90); results were similar in the pacemaker and ICD groups. Left ventricular lead–related complications ...

You might also need one if you've had a heart attack or cardiac arrest, which is when your heart stops working. ... Your pacemaker or ICD will help keep your heart in rhythm.

It's really just two groups who would switch from an ICD to a pacemaker, he noted: patients who have a shorter life expectancy, and those who have a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator ...

INTRODUCTION Chronic heart failure (HF) results from various disease processes. There are no data on the effect of the etiology of HF on the improvement after pacemaker upgrade. OBJECTIVES The aim of ...

Ventricular intervals are classified as TS (fast VT), VS (ventricular sensed—sinus zone or during capacitor charging), FS (VF zone), TP (antitachycardia pacing), and VR (ventricular refractory ...