Heart Failure

This heart failure channel offers news and new technology to treat heart failure. This includes for new innovations to treat congestive heart failure (CHF). The channel includes news on HFpEF and HFrEF. Heart failure occurs when the heart is no longer able to pump as much blood as the body requires. This can lead to enlargement of the heart because the muscle works harder to supply blood, but the pumping is ineffective. This may be due to defects in the myocardium, such as an infarct, or due to structural issues such as severe valve regurgitation. The disease is divided into four New York Heart Association (NYHA) classes. Stage IV heart failure is when the heart is completely failing and requires a heart transplant  or a left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

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August 22, 2013 — Qinghui Chen, assistant professor in Michigan Tech’s kinesiology and integrative physiology department ...

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August 20, 2013 — Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists at the University of Maryland Heart Center are part of a multi ...

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July 23, 2013 — BioVentrix, known for the Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement (LIVE) procedure for the treatment of ...

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July 19, 2013 — The Mount Sinai Medical Center is the first medical center in New York City to offer the HeartMate II ...

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June 7, 2013 — Medtronic Inc. announced new data demonstrating that simultaneously pacing the lower chambers of the ...

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June 6, 2013 — The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released an expanded clinical ...

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May 30, 2013 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced the transmission of a live satellite feed of a clinical case using the cathe ...

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May 28, 2013 — CardioKinetix Inc. has announced the results of a meta-analysis study of the catheter-based Parachute ...

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April 18, 2013 — Abbott has received Conformite Europeene (CE) marking for the Architect Galectin-3 assay, a blood test ...

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April 3, 2013 — BioControl Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin the third and ...

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March 28, 2013 — Thoratec Corp. announced that it has successfully completed the first human use of HeartMate PHP ...

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March 27, 2013 — The Heart Failure 2013 LA meeting will include a showcase of several startup companies offering ...

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March 25, 2013 — In addition to improving life quality and diminishing pain, total hip replacement (THR) is associated ...

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March 21, 2013 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), along with key specialty ...

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March 19, 2013 — Alere Inc. announced the results of research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 62nd ...

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