The following is a summary of “Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: the importance of biventricular strain in ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Living with heart failure requires careful monitoring as well as some major ...

The device completely replaces a patient’s heart muscle, providing the essential mechanics to circulate blood throughout the body. For patients with biventricular heart failure awaiting a heart ...

When atrial fibrillation is present with systolic heart failure, AV node ablation may be required for a biventricular pacemaker to work efficiencly. The QRS complex occurs at random intervals ...

Jude Atlas-II HF biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (BiV ICD; St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA), with a Guidant 0158 integrated bipolar ventricular lead (Guidant Corp., ...