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Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)?


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  • Website: OHRI
  • Resource type: Patient decision aid

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This patient decision aid helps people with heart failure decide on whether or not to get a pacemaker by comparing the benefits, risks, and side effects of both options.


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Heart failure, pacemaker, cardiac resynchronization therapy, medicine, exercise, healthy eating

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Rated on: 5/30/2018 11:17:34 AM

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