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    Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

    Definition 1

    A surgical procedure in which a pacemaker is implanted to re-coordinate the electrical activity of the right and left ventricles in patients with heart failure. (NCI Thesaurus)

    Definition 2

    An invasive procedure that includes an electronic device that stimulates both right and left cardiac ventricles to improve coordination of ventricular contraction. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)




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