Most patients with a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) pacemaker would not benefit from the addition of a defibrillator, according to results from the CeRtiTuDe cohort study presented for the ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, women were less likely to die or have a ventricular event than ...

PLATINIUM, released simultaneously in both Europe and Japan by LivaNova (formerly Sorin Group), will protect patients from avoidable replacement surgeries and the inherent risk of complications.

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 ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released updated guidelines for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), which emphasize patient-centered care and shared ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Dublin-based Medtronic’s Claria MRI Quad Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator for patients with heart failure. The Claria MRI CRT-D contains ...

A Food & Drug Administration panel approved a Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) bid to expand the indication of its cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators to cover patients suffering from ...

SILVER SPRING, MD — Women, compared with men, showed improved survival from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) across a wider range of prolonged QRS durations, a key factor in guidelines-based ...

A Minnesota-based company is recalling more than 348,000 defibrillators over concerns that they may not work. Medtronic, which has its executive headquarters based in Minneapolis, initiated the recall ...