Cardiac resynchronization therapy is the insertion of electrodes in the left and right ventricles of the heart, and on occasion the right atrium, to treat heart failure by coordinating the function of the two ventricles through a pacemaker, a small device inserted into the anterior chest wall.
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy treats heart failure with ventricular dyssynchrony.
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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy is the insertion of electrodes in the left and right ventricles of the heart, as well as on occasion the right atrium, to treat heart failure by coordinating the function of the left and right ventricles via a pacemaker, a small device inserted i
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