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And yes, it did \u2013 not enormously, but at the top end, discernibly riskier as soon as you get over 50%, which is a bit surprising.<\/p>\n<p>Having heart failure these days is a full-time occupation. You go to bed wearing a positive pressure ventilation mask, get up and browse on a dozen tablets, run back and forth to the toilet between phone calls from the heart failure nurse and the vicar, dash off to the practice nurse or the path lab for a blood test, go to the rehabilitation department for a bit of gentle exercise; and then check the calendar for your next pacemaker appointment.<a href=\"http:\/\/jama.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/297\/22\/2502\"> Biventricular pacing<\/a> is an increasingly used therapy for heart failure with left systolic dysfunction. 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