Cardiac contractility modulation
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cardiac-contractility-modulation-255-14772673
title:
Cardiac contractility modulation
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Cardiac contractility modulation is a therapy which is intended for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe heart failure (NYHA class II–IV) with symptoms despite optimal medical therapy who can benefit from an improvement in cardiac output. The short- and long-term use of this therapy enhances the strength of ventricular contraction and therefore the heart's pumping capacity by modulating (adjusting) the myocardial contractility. This is provided by a pacemaker-like device that applie
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Therapy for treatment of heart failure patients
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_contractility_modulation
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2024-01-03T01:35:41Z
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