June 15, 2021 — VoluMetrix, a Nashville-based biotech startup dedicated to creating a new wave of solutions for vital monitoring to enhance well-being, today announced that its NIVAHF device has...
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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Here are the top 10 takeaways from the late-breaking studies on cardiovascular technologies presented at the 2021 American College of Cardiology (ACC...
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June 7, 2021 – Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S.
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May 18, 2021 — The experimental heart failure drug omecamtiv mecarbil reduced heart failure hospitalizations by a greater margin among patients with more severely reduced ejection fraction...
NIVAHF is an investigational device designed to monitor the venous waveform, a novel physiologic signal, in heart failure patients.
News | Heart Failure | June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021 — VoluMetrix, a Nashville-based biotech startup dedicated to creating a new wave of solutions for vital...
Some of the top technology news from ACC 2021. Top left, the LAAOS III trial showed benefit when surgeons seal off the LAA during other open heart procedures. Bottom left, the ReCor Paradise renal denervation system helped lower blood pressure in patients who did not respond to medication. Top right, for patients with both heart failure and AFib it makes no difference if therapy is focused on controlling the heart rhythm or heart rate. Bottom right, the FLOWER-MI trial found no benefit to FFR-guided PCI in STEMI with multi-vessel disease.
Feature | ACC | June 08, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
Here are the top 10 takeaways from the late-breaking studies on cardiovascular technologies presented at the 2021...
The Aortix intra-aortic axial flow pump offers hemodynamic support to relieve some of the heart’s workload, allowing the heart to recover while more effectively pushing blood flow to the kidneys.
News | Heart Failure | June 07, 2021
June 7, 2021 – Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital are first in the U.S. and second in the world to implant a...
RAFT-AF study showed the type of heart failure may influence treatment strategies for heart rate management vs. arrhythmia control in in patients with heart heart and atrial fibrillation. Getty Images
News | Heart Failure | May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021 — Among patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib), treatment strategies focused on...
The results of the GALACTIC-HF trial shows omecamtiv mecarbil offers benefits to severe heart failure patients.
News | Heart Failure | May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021 — The experimental heart failure drug omecamtiv mecarbil reduced heart failure hospitalizations by a...
Dapagliflozin did not significantly reduce organ failure or death in high-risk hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the DARE-19 trial results, presented at ACC.21.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 18, 2021
May 18, 2021 — Dapagliflozin (Farxiga), a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, did not significantly...
The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan did not significantly reduce the rate of heart failure or cardiovascular death following a heart attack compared to ramipril, an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.
News | Heart Failure | May 15, 2021
May 15, 2021 — The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) did not significantly reduce the rate...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 13, 2021
May 13, 2021 — Estimates of excess deaths, defined as the number of persons who have died from all causes, above the...
The BioCardia cardiac stem cell CardiAMP trial is a Phase III study looking at the efficacy of using stem cells to improve heart function in heart failure patients. It is the first trial for this technology to reach Phase III trial.
Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | May 11, 2021 | By Simon H. Stertzer, M.D.
Heart failure remains an unheralded global pandemic, costing society billions of dollars each year.[1,2] Projections...
News | Contrast Media | May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021 — The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the American Society of Echocardiography (...
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News | Heart Failure | May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021 — Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 may be at risk of developing heart failure even if they do not have...
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News | Heart Failure | April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 – Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the United States. Heart failure...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 07, 2021
April 6, 2021 — A tsunami of chronic health conditions as a result of the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, especially...
The Transmedics Organ Care System (OCS) Heart, or “Heart in a Box,” enables transplant surgeons to travel to much farther destinations to procure transplant hearts by acting as a miniature intensive care unit that keeps the heart alive.
News | Cardiovascular Surgery | April 05, 2021
April 5, 2021 — Smidt Heart Institute transplant surgeons Dominic Emerson, M.D., and Pedro Catarino, M.D. know how to...
PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.
News | Heart Failure | March 24, 2021
March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating...
