title: New devices in heart failure: an European Heart Rhythm Association report: developed by the European Heart Rhythm Association; endorsed by the Heart Failure Association.
abstract: Several new devices for the treatment of heart failure (HF) patients have been introduced and are increasingly used in clinical practice or are under clinical evaluation in either observational and/or randomized clinical trials. These devices include cardiac contractility modulation, spinal cord stimulation, carotid sinus nerve stimulation, cervical vagal stimulation, intracardiac atrioventricular nodal vagal stimulation, and implantable hemodynamic monitoring devices. This task force believes that an overview on these technologies is important. Special focus is given to patients with HF New York Heart Association Classes III and IV and narrow QRS complex, who represent the largest group in HF compared with patients with wide QRS complex. An overview on potential device options in addition to optimal medical therapy will be helpful for all physicians treating HF patients.
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bordachar
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borggrefe
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boriani
authors.forename: Haran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burri
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leyva
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schauerte
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theuns
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thibault
authors.forename: Paulus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirchhof
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hasenfuss
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dickstein
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linde
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tavazzi
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruschitzka
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D062187:Spinal Cord Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055536:Vagus Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Cardiac contractility modulation; Heart failure devices; Narrow QRS complex; Pressure monitoring