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ACC/HRS release appropriate use criteria for ICDs and CRT
(American College of Cardiology) The American College of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society, along with key specialty societies, today released appropriate use criteria for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy. The document provides assessed levels of appropriateness for implanting the devices in 369 real-life clinical scenarios, with the goal of enhancing physician and patient decision making and improving care and health outcomes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

CRT-D Benefits Those with Higher Ejection Fraction (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians may have to rethink the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) cutoff for eligibility for cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation (CRT-D) as a new analysis showed good results in patients with mild heart failure and LVEF greater than 30%. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cardiac Resynchronization Dangerous With Narrow QRSCardiac Resynchronization Dangerous With Narrow QRS
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) does not help heart failure patients with QRS complex less than 120 msec, and in fact might hurt them, the LESSER-EARTH trial has shown. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in SeniorsCardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Seniors
Fresh perspectives are offered regarding cardiac device implantation for senior citizens. European Journal of Heart Failure (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

CRT May Help in Some Cases of Cardiomyopathy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Some patients have a cardiomyopathy induced by left bundle branch block in the absence of structural heart disease that can be resolved with cardiac resynchronization therapy, a retrospective study suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news