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Implantable defibrillators lower risk of death in older heart patients
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can improve survival in patients with heart damage — even those in their 70s — according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Jan 06, 2009 |
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The benefits of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure
However, large-scale clinical trials have highlighted the beneficial effect of cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in the improvement of symptoms and reduction of mortality, and CRT is now recommended in the major European ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Heart Failure: Targeting the right patients for CRT-D
Patients with dyssynchronous yet viable ventricles are most likely to benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with defibrillation, concludes the latest analysis of the MADIT CRT trial. The CRT-MADIT-CRT trial ...
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May 22, 2011 |
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Europe's device therapy use for heart failure doubles 2004-2008, some countries have low uptake
The use of implantable devices for the treatment of heart failure increased "enormously" in Europe between the years 2004 and 2008, but there still remain large differences between countries, according to a study reported ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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ICDs extend the lives of heart attack survivors by an entire year: Study
A landmark follow-up study found that heart attack survivors who receive implanted cardioverter defribillators (ICDs) live longer the longer they have them, according to the results of late-breaking clinical trail presented ...
May 14, 2009 |
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