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Keep this study
Lead
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
With
Medtronic
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Moderate to severe heart failure
* Ejection Fraction ( measurement of blood pumped out of the heart) less than 35%
* Wide (greater than 130 milliseconds) QRS duration for US patients only.
* May include patients with less than 130 millisecond QRS duration if they have mechanical dyssynochrony (uncoordinated heart contractions) in Europe.
* All patients enrolled should be stable on medications that include at least an ACE inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) and at optimal level for at least one month prior to surgery
You may not be if
* Chest pain / unstable angina
* Acute heart attack
* Chronic or permanent atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation
