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Implantable defibrillators lower risk of death in older heart patients

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.





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New therapy found to prevent heart failure

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) ...


New therapy prevents heart failure

New Therapy that Prevents Heart Failure (w/ Video)

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients ...


ICDs extend the lives of heart attack survivors by an entire year: Study

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Telemonitoring: A bridge to personalized medicine

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An increasing number of heart failure patients are treated with a number of complex devices, i.e. cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Recently completed and ongoing clinical trials such as MADIT-CRT and EchoCRT provide ...



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