A recent study demonstrated that the St. Jude Medical MultiPoint Pacing technology may be particularly beneficial in patients not responding to traditional bi-ventricular pacing therapy, which accounts for approximately one third of the total population of patients receiving CRT. In this study, MultiPoint Pacing technology realized a 90 percent responder rate for patients with MultiPoint Pacing at one year compared to traditional methods of CRT. Several ongoing studies continue to build the body of evidence and examine the benefits patients receive from MultiPoint Pacing including the St. Jude Medical MORE CRT MPP clinical study, designed to demonstrate the benefits of the St. Jude Medical MultiPoint Pacing technology in improving patient response to CRT therapy. Data from the MultiPoint Pacing Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study will be presented during a late-breaking clinical trial session during the Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) 37th annual scientific sessions, May 4 – 7 in San Francisco.
Approximately 23 million people worldwide are afflicted with congestive heart failure and 2 million new cases are diagnosed worldwide each year. Studies have shown that CRT can improve the quality of life for many patients with heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart weakens and loses its ability to pump an adequate supply of blood. The CRT technology resynchronizes the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart by sending uniquely programmed electrical impulses to stimulate each ventricle to beat in sync for optimal cardiac performance.
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St. Jude Medical developed and launched the industry’s first quadripolar pacing system in the United States in 2011 featuring four pacing electrodes, offering physicians the ability to effectively and efficiently manage the ever-changing needs of patients with heart failure. The Quartet LV lead design allows the physician to implant the lead in the most stable position without making trade-offs in electrical performance; this also reduces the likelihood of costly and invasive lead revision through a second intervention procedure. Adding MultiPoint Pacing technology and additional lead sizes to the quadripolar offerings provides physicians more advanced options to optimize CRT performance, such as improving hemodynamics, resynchronization and reverse remodeling of the heart.
About St. Jude Medical’s Heart Failure Business
St. Jude Medical is pioneering heart failure disease management with innovative solutions like the CardioMEMS™ HF System, ground-breaking quadripolar technology and, in select European markets, the HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist system and our first-to-market MultiPoint pacing technology. St. Jude Medical collaborates with heart failure specialists, clinicians and advocacy partners to provide innovative, cost-effective solutions that help reduce hospitalizations and improve patient quality of life for heart failure patients around the world.
