title: Selection of high-risk patients for device intervention with the new advances in technology.
abstract: The recent clinical therapeutic studies involving high-risk cardiac patients with genetic or acquired heart disease provide valuable insights into the potential for new advances in the technology for improving risk stratification to identify patients who can benefit from device therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642-0653, USA. heartajm@heart.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Arthur J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome