NATICK, Mass., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the launch of software enabling its Left Ventricular (LV) Offset feature in the Company's CONTAK RENEWAL®, RENEWAL 3, and RENEWAL 3 RF cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D). LV Offset allows physicians to further fine tune synchronization of the heart by allowing adjustment of the delay between right and left ventricular pacing, which helps physicians provide more tailored care for heart failure patients.

"The LV Offset capability provides yet another tool to better meet the specific treatment needs of each of my heart failure patients," said David B. DeLurgio, M.D., Director, Electrophysiology, Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, GA.

The software will operate on the ZOOM® LATITUDE™ programmer and allow patients who have already been implanted with a CONTAK RENEWAL, RENEWAL 3 or RENEWAL 3 RF CRT-D to have the LV Offset feature activated. The LV Offset feature can be enabled by the ZOOM LATITUDE programmer during a patient's routine in-clinic visit. Boston Scientific CRM will begin providing the FDA- approved software to physicians in the coming weeks.

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