ABC News

What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker Or A CRT Device, How Is It Implanted, And Who Is A Good Candidate?

Dr. Hunter Champion answers the question: 'What Is A Biventricular Pacemaker?' — -- Question: What is a biventricular pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization therapy (also called a CRT device), ...
Medscape

Alternate Site Biventricular Pacing: Bi-V in the RV -- Is There a Role?

The benefit of biventricular pacing in appropriate patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) now has been established in terms of both morbidity and mortality. [1,2,3,4,5] Current criteria for ...
Medscape

FDA Approvals: Pillar Procedure, Frontier II Biventricular Pacemaker, and Others

Sept. 14, 2004 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an implant procedure for obstructive sleep apnea, a second-generation biventricular pacemaker for patients with atrial ...
Healio

Biventricular pacing cost-effective for patients with atrioventricular block, left ventricular dysfunction

LAS VEGAS — Treatment with biventricular pacing is cost-effective for patients with left-ventricular dysfunction and symptomatic atrioventricular block, according to an economic analysis of the ...
TCTMD

Biventricular Pacing Reduces Symptoms and Improves Quality-of-Life in AV Block Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Pumping Function

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Patients who need cardiac resynchronization therapy may be eligible for Cedars-Sinai clinical trials

LOS ANGELES (March 8, 2002) – Patients who suffer from advanced congestive heart failure and heart rhythm abnormalities may qualify to participate in one of two research trials now underway at ...
TCTMD

LBB Area Pacing Outperforms Biventricular in CRT: Large, Observational Study

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 ...
Science Daily

UPMC Implants Area's First Medical Device To Manage Heart Failure With Lung Fluid Monitoring

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has implanted the area’s first biventricular pacemaker/defibrillator that also monitors fluid build up in the heart and lungs, which is a primary indicator ...
EurekAlert!

Texas Heart Institute and UCLA reveal innovative pacing system in Scientific Reports

Researchers at Texas Heart Institute (THI) and UCLA crossed a significant milestone in the development of wirelessly powered, leadless pacemakers. In an article in the Nature Research journal ...
Healio

Case 27 Question 2

What type of pacemaker does the patient have? This ECG is from a patient with a biventricular pacemaker. If the ventricular pacing is originating in the right ventricle like a normal pacemaker, a left ...
Business Insider

Global Implantable Pacemaker Products Market Forecast to 2023 - Focus on Single-Chamber, Dual-Chamber, and Biventricular/Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemakers (CRT-P)

Dublin, Oct. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Interventional Cardiology: Implantable Pacemaker Products" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for implantable ...