Download or read book Devices for Cardiac Resynchronization: written by S. Serge Barold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an essential text for cardiologists, heart surgeons, intensive care specialists and anyone interested in pacing. It is a comprehensive guide to contemporary devices used in the resynchronization of patients’ heartbeats. The treatment of congestive heart failure by implanted biventricular pacemakers, or cardiac resynchronization, has revolutionized the practice of implanting pacemakers and defibrillators. More cardiac resynchronization therapy devices than conventional pacemakers are now being implanted and the numbers are growing worldwide.