Observational studies suggest that conventional right ventricular apical pacing may have a deleterious effect on left ventricular function. In this study, we examined whether biventricular pacing is ...

January 27, 2006-- Patients with conventional right ventricular pacemakers who develop severe heart failure may benefit from an upgrade to a biventricular pacing (BVP) system. The results of the small ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette that includes a therapeutic recommendation. A discussion of the clinical problem and the mechanism of benefit of this form of therapy follows. Major ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2004--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced today U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and first implants of the Frontier(TM) II ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DENVER — Patients with indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillators and wide QRS durations derived no ...

Biventricular pacing is an excellent option for certain patients with advanced HF. Also known as “cardiac resynchronization therapy,” biventricular pacing has been shown to improve HF symptoms in a ...

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006;29(1):70-96. R-wave double-counting may result in shocks for SVT slower than the programmed VT detection interval because alternate device-detected intervals ...

You may have heard of two little devices that doctors use to help treat heart problems: pacemakers and ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators). They use them when you have a type of heart ...

Electrophysiologists are asking for better communication between their field and the interventional cardiology community, particularly with operators who perform percutaneous transcatheter tricuspid ...