Healio

RAFT: CRT, ICD plus medical therapy beneficial in patients with mild-to-moderate HF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Rates of mortality and hospitalization were lower in patients with mild-to-moderate HF who were ...
Medscape

Infections Down With Antibacterial Envelope for ICD/CRT Implants

WASHINGTON, DC — Placing a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) into an antibiotic-impregnated mesh envelope before implantation may entail a lower risk of major infection related to ...
Medscape

CRT Is a Life RAFT for Class II and III HF Patients With Low EF and Wide QRS

November 14, 2010 (Chicago, Illinois) — Results of the first trial to show that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) provides a survival benefit beyond that of implantable cardioverter ...
Nature

Indications for ICD–CRT in mildly symptomatic heart failure

Clinical trial data, including those from MADIT-CRT, support the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic heart failure and ventricular ...
Medical Xpress

Clinical benefits for CRT-D over ICD even with comorbidity

(HealthDay)—For patients with left bundle branch block, the benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) over implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) alone persists ...
Nature

Adding CRT to ICD improves outcomes in patients with NYHA class II and III heart failure

A study by the RAFT investigators has shown that adding cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) to implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) therapy improves survival in patients with mild to ...
Business Wire

Sorin Group Launches Intensia Family of ICD and CRT-D Devices Featuring DF-4 High Voltage Connector

MILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sorin Group (MIL:SRN), (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today that the INTENSIA ...
News Medical

CRT-D upgrade reduces morbidity and mortality in HFrEF patients with RV pacing

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...
Medical Xpress

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy benefits heart failure patients with pacing

Upgrade to cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) reduces morbidity and mortality and improves left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling compared to an implantable ...
TCTMD

LivaNova Launches Next Generation ICD and CRT-D Devices in the United States

LONDON, LivaNova PLC a market-leading medical technology company, announced today the launch of PLATINIUM, its next-generation range of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Combination CRT and ICD therapy may reduce HF hospitalizations, deaths

Previous trials investigating cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) (biventricular pacing) combined with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with heart failure have shown ...
Business Wire

St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Smaller, Higher Power ICD and CRT-D Devices with New Heart Failure Monitors

The Unify CRT-D and Fortify ICD also incorporate the new CorVue™ pulmonary congestion monitoring algorithm. This new feature alerts physicians when a patient’s heart failure may be worsening, as ...