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(Created page with "'''Cardiac resynchronisation therapy''' (<abbr>CRT</abbr>) is used to treat heart failure when there is also a left bundle branch block present. Having a LBBB and heart failure worsens the heart failure because of the desynchronised contraction of the right and the left ventricle. The CRT device is a specialised pacemaker which ensures that the two ventricles contract synchronously. There exist CRT devices with ICD...")
 
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Unfortunately, not all patients fitted with a CRT device achieve synchronicity. Some patients are just CRT non-responders.
Unfortunately, not all patients fitted with a CRT device achieve synchronicity. Some patients are just CRT non-responders.
[[Category:Cardiology]]
[[Category:Cardiology]]
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