Details of CRT- D Implant-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

This is a procedure that implants a device in the patient’s chest to make the heart’s chambers contract in a more organized and efficient way.

It is a treatment for heart failure in people whose ventricles don’t contract in a coordinated fashion.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) uses a device called biventricular pacemaker that sends electrical signals to both lower chambers of the heart (ventricles).

May include:

• Infection
• Injury to a blood vessel
• Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
• Compression of the heart due to fluid buildup around the heart
• Failure of the device
• Shifting of the device parts, which could require another procedure