Most people are familiar with pacemakers that speed up and pace a slow heart. But there are also pacemakers designed to correct poor coordination between the left and right sides of the heart, a condition that may cause heart failure. These devices pace both sides of the heart to synchronize the contractions. For this reason, the treatment is called cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In the past decade, it has become clear that womens hearts are different from mens. Case in point: Women who receive implantable cardiac devices do better and survive longer than men. Yet women are less likely than men to receive such a device.
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