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 ...

In the ICD group, there were 101 single-chamber, 46 dual-chamber, and 4 biventricular pacing devices. Right ventricular sensing leads, which had true bipolar sensing configuration, were used in 52 ...

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.

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 ...

Because the amplitude of the bipolar electrogram may be low or unstable during ventricular fibrillation, all implantable cardioverter–defibrillators allow sensitivity-gain adjustment during ...

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 ...

According to Wikipedia, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are: '[S]mall battery-powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac ...

NEW DELHI: Doctors at GB Pant Hospital recently implanted a bi-ventricular pacemaker — a device that paces both sides of the lower chambers of the heart — to save the life of a 44-year-old ...

MRI was performed in 1000 cases in which patients had a pacemaker and in 500 cases in which patients had an ICD. No deaths, lead failures, losses of capture, or ventricular arrhythmias occurred ...