EPISODE · May 22, 2026
The treatment you don't need if you have heart failure
from Health Report - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
For people with a heart defibrillator, it's been common to undergo a treatment that lets the device take over a particular part of your heart's function.But a study of people with defibrillators has found it makes no difference and doesn't need to be done.GuestProfessor Prash Sanders, Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders in AdelaideReferencesCardiac resynchronization therapy with or without atrioventricular node ablation in atrial fibrillation: the CAAN-AF trial
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For people with a heart defibrillator, it's been common to undergo a treatment that lets the device take over a particular part of your heart's function. But a study of people with defibrillators has found it makes no difference and doesn't need to be done. Guest Professor Prash Sanders, Director of the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders in Adelaide References Cardiac resynchronization therapy with or without atrioventricular node ablation in atrial fibrillation: the CAAN-AF trial
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