St. Jude Medical announces CRT patients showed improvement in the RHYTHM...( e met. Data from the RHYTHM...)

St. Jude Medical announces CRT patients showed improvement in the RHYTHM ICD study

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Data from the RHYTHM study is the basis for submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of the devices used in the study. St. Jude Medical reaffirms its previous guidance that it expects FDA approval of the studied devices by the May 2004 NASPE/Heart Rhythm Society meeting.

Heart failure is one of the most widespread cardiac afflictions, affecting approximately five million people in the United States. About 550,000 new patients are diagnosed with heart failure each year. The majority die within five years of diagnosis.

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