Most eligible patients miss out on cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 18:42
in Health & Medicine
Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 issue of the American Heart Journal. Less than half who qualify for the device therapy may actually get it, the large-scale study led by University of South Florida cardiologist Anne Curtis, MD, found.
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