Study Fails To Support Broader Patient Population For Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy

Cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been shown to be beneficial in heart failure (HF) patients with a wide QRS interval. These benefits have not been reproduced so far in patients with narrow QRS intervals, though many such patients have ventricular dyssynchrony. Now a new study, presented at the European Society of Cardiology in Amsterdam and published…

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Automatic Wireless Monitoring Shows Benefits in Chronic Heart Failure

Following in the wake of studies that failed to find benefits associated with remote wireless monitoring of heart failure (HF) patients, the In-Time trial, presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Amsterdam, is the first trial to show that home monitoring of HF patients may be beneficial. Gerhard Hindricks, the coordinating investigator of…

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Hot Line Trials For European Society Of Cardiology Congress Announced

The European Society of Cardiology has published the full program for the 2013 Congress taking place in Amsterdam from August 31 through September 4. There will be 4 Hot Line Sessions. Here is the schedule for Hot Line trials: … Click here to read the full post on Forbes.      …

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