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Understanding Heart Failure Part 3
Treatment - Devices
updated 26 July 2020
Several devices may help patients with Heart Failure
1. Pacemakers
2. Mechanical Pumps
Cardiac Re-Synchronization Therapy
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Some patients with heart failure has a wide QRS complex on their ECG; this causes the right and left sides of the heart to beat dsynchronously or out of step. Using a pacemaker to help them beat in step has been shown to improve heart function and mortality in patients with heart failure.
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ECG (Electrocardiogram)​
Patient's ECG shows a Left Bundle Branch Block ​
Ventricular Assist Device
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An artificial heart pump has been the dream of many doctors and patients and advances in this has saved many patients who would otherwise would have died while waiting for a new heart.
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Figure 3
Figure 1
Left Ventricle
Left Atrium
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