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Serious Risks With ‘Jailing’ Pacemaker, ICD Leads During TTVR

EPs want to talk before some procedures to prevent operators from damaging pacing and defibrillator leads.

VIDEO: Jagmeet Singh details the SOLVE-CRT study for a leadless CRT system

Jagmeet Singh, MD, professor of medicine with Harvard Medical School, explained results from the SOLVE-CRT pivotal clinical trial he presented as a late-breaker at Heart Rhythm 2023.

LBB Area Pacing Outperforms Biventricular in CRT: Large, Observational Study

Patients with indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have better clinical outcomes when they undergo left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) rather than conventional biventricular pacing, according to an observational analysis of more than 1,700 patients treated across 15 centers around the world.

Key takeaways from Heart Rhythm 2023

Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, Heart Rhythm 2023 program chair and director of clinical cardiac EP and pacing at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about what he saw as the biggest takeaways from this year's meeting hosted by the Heart Rhythm Society.

LBB Area Pacing vs. Biventricular Pacing For CRT Has Lower Risk of HF Hospitalization

The risk of heart failure (HF)-related hospitalization was lower with left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) compared with biventricular pacing (BiVp) as the initial strategy for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).