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Cardiac resynchronization therapy has evolved through technological innovation and manual dexterity, with current clinical practice frequently requiring the addition of defibrillation capacity.
This paper provides a historical and forward-looking review of cardiac resynchronization therapy, highlighting technological evolution and current challenges.
Supports individualized CRT-D selection in practice; leaves open optimal defibrillator integration amid ongoing innovation.
This paper reviews the beginnings and the evolution of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), which required technological innovation and manual dexterity for its application. The expectations of CRT and its problems today are analysed. The frequent need for CRT with defibrillation capacity is discussed. Future development of CRT is anticipated.
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Ritter et al. (2007) studied this question. Cardiac resynchronization therapy has evolved through technological innovation and manual dexterity, with current clinical practice frequently requiring the addition of defibrillation capacity.
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