MINNEAPOLIS and DENVER - Medtronic, Inc. today announced new data demonstrating that simultaneously pacing the lower chambers of the heart, or biventricular (BiV) pacing with a cardiac ...

Discordant results from two trials comparing conduction system pacing with biventricular pacing for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) leave open the question of whether conduction system pacing ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Heart failure happens when the heart can’t pump enough blood ...

Sept. 15, 2004 (Toronto) — Heart failure patients undergoing resynchronization therapy with a biventricular (BiV) pacemaker plus implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) experience improvements in ...

A 173-patient randomized trial in HFrEF (LVEF ≤35%) with LBBB (QRS ≥130 ms) showed CSP was inferior to BiVP for a hierarchical 12‑month composite endpoint. Worse outcomes with CSP were reflected by an ...

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) constitute a major breakthrough in the management of heart rhythm disorders. These devices largely include bradycardia pacemakers, biventricular ...

A teenage girl faced with sudden rapid heart deterioration, a man in the prime years of his life suffering from debilitating heart failure and a former NFL athlete crippled by end-stage heart failure ...

Patients with indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have better clinical outcomes when they undergo left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) rather than conventional biventricular ...

Current ABVP technology involves implanting a pacemaker with three leads—a fairly crude solution for a complex problem. The right atrial and ventricular leads are usually placed as for a conventional ...

Children with congenital complete atrioventricular block often require lifelong pacemaker therapy. Although such therapy restores a normal heart rate, it also results in dyssynchronous left ...