Wirelessly Powered, Leadless Pacemaker

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-36845
Published May 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Approximately 30% of patients with chronic heart failure also have electrical conduction problems in their heart that require a type of therapy to resynchronize the heart’s conduction system in its two largest chambers. In these cases, doctors prescribe cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), which is delivered by long wires, called leads, attached to pacemakers to pace both of the bottom chambers of the heart.