Washington, DC - The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has issued an advisory letter to hospitals and institutions asking them to allow only nonelectrophysiologists with sufficient training to independently ...

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 ...

The degree of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) improvement fell short of significance as a predictor of better survival in the analysis, which represents one of the longest follow-ups of CRT ...

Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation conferred improved outcomes vs. implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in patients without left bundle branch block, ...

Upgrading a patient from an existing permanent pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) to a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device can be successfully and safely done in the ...

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In a large population of Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure who underwent implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, patients who had the cardiac characteristics of left ...

Molecular imaging may improve the success rate of a new therapy for patients with advanced heart disease, according to a new study. Molecular imaging may improve the success rate of a new therapy for ...

A typical implantation of a CRT-P with its three leads and use of an anti-infective envelope would require five ICD-10-PCS codes. Q: We are having trouble with a case that involves an Implantation of ...

BERLIN, Germany, – BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical technology, announced the first implantations worldwide of its new ICD and CRT-D series (implantable ...