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15891701

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
Despite considerable progress in heart failure management with pharmacologic agents, measures to bring about significant improvements in morbidity and mortality are still needed. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a means to enhance myocardial function by stimulating the failing left ventricle at or near the time of right ventricular activation to synchronize ventricular depolarization. Current data from randomized, controlled trials suggest that CRT benefits patients with moderate to severe heart failure and have shown that this therapy significantly reduces mortality and hospital admissions in this group. In addition to CRT, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have been evaluated in heart failure patients with significantly reduced left ventricular function and have been shown to reduce mortality from sudden cardiac death. This article summarizes recent device trials and discusses how best to apply their results to clinical practice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1530-6550
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S21-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Device trials in heart failure: a focused summary.
pubmed:affiliation
New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Division of Cardiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review