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).
News | Heart Failure | October 16, 2019
October 16, 2019 — Researchers have shown for the first time in preclinical studies that the drug Aliskiren can delay...
The COAPT Economic Analysis sub-study found it is cost effective to treat heart failure patients who have severe secondary mitral regurgitation with MitraClip to reduce their MR symptoms.
News | Heart Failure | October 04, 2019
October 4, 2019 – Results of a new economic analysis of the COAPT Trial data found that transcatheter mitral valve...
COAPT Trial three-year data show the MitraClip continues to show safety and effectiveness in heart failure patients with secondary mitral reguritation.
News | Heart Failure | October 03, 2019
October 3, 2019 – The three-year results from the COAPT Trial demonstrated that reducing severe secondary mitral...
A MitraClip case underway at the University of Colorado Hospital hybrid cath lab. Left to right are doctors John Carroll, Edward Gill and Dominik Wiktor. (Photos by Dave Fornell)
Blog | University of Colorado Hospital | October 02, 2019
I recently had the opportunity to conduct an onsite visit to the University of Colorado Hospital Heart and Vascular...
News | Heart Failure | September 27, 2019
September 27, 2019 — Ancora Heart Inc. announced results from an interim analysis of heart failure patients treated in...
News | Heart Failure | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — The new Max and Debra Ernst Heart Center at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., will open Sept....
News | Heart Failure | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 — AstraZeneca announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track...
The REDUCE LAP HF-II study will combine Corvia Medical's InterAtrial Shunt Device (IASD), pictured here, with physIQ's continuous monitoring platform to evaluate the device's efficacy in patients with heart failure. Image courtesy of Corvia Medical.
News | Heart Failure | September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019 — Corvia Medical has sponsored and is actively enrolling patients in a heart failure (HF) device...
News | Heart Valve Technology | September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019 — Percutaneous reduction of secondary mitral regurgitation in patients with heart failure does not...
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News | Heart Failure | September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019 — The ever-present devices that seem to track all our moves can be annoying, intrusive or worse, but...
News | Heart Failure | September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019 — The angiotensin neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) missed its primary endpoint...
News | Heart Failure | September 09, 2019
September 9, 2019 — AstraZeneca announced detailed results from the landmark Phase III DAPA-HF trial that showed...
News | Cardiac Imaging | September 09, 2019
September 9, 2019 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) published a new expert consensus document along...
News | Heart Failure | September 09, 2019
September 9, 2019 — The drug Dapagliflozin was found to reduce death and hospitalization in patients who have heart...
News | Heart Failure | September 04, 2019
September 4, 2019 – Novartis announced results from two new clinical trials evaluating improvement in heart structure...
