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New cardiology data have been reported by R. Kobza and co-authors

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, December 19th, 2010

2010 DEC 19 -- Researchers detail in 'Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with left ventricular noncompaction,' new data in cardiology. According to a study from Luzern, Switzerland, "Patients with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) have an increased risk for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. The benefit from implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in these patients has been investigated only in small series."

"Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyze the clinical outcome of a larger population of patients with LVNC who were treated with an ICD. Thirty patients (mean age 48...

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