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 | Remote Monitoring

September 21, 2015 — Zoll Medical Corp. announced that it has acquired Tel Aviv, Israel-based Kyma Medical Technologies ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

September 18, 2015 — SynCardia Systems initiated a Class I recall of the Freedom Driver Systems used with the company’s ...

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September 16, 2015 — The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has released a new report offering a ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

September 16, 2015 — Thoratec Corp. issued a voluntary Urgent Medical Device Correction Letter to all hospitals who have ...

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News | Patient Engagement

September 15, 2015 — Michigan hospitals participating in the American College of Cardiology’s “See You in 7” program ...

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News | Patient Monitors

September 9, 2015 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University showed that a simple questionnaire, evaluation and pulse ...

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September 8, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an amendment ...

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uberization of healthcare. Physicians are starting to "prescribe" smartphone apps to patients for education, tracking their health or to interface with wearable monitor devices. This physician is using an app created by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to educate a patient about cardiac function.
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Today, in a world of immediate access to information anywhere on the planet using a smartphone, consumers expect more ...

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September 4, 2015 — Gene transfer therapy to correct an enzyme abnormality involved in myocardial contraction and ...

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Valtech, cardioband, transcatheter mitral annuloplasty
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September 2, 2015 — HeartWare International Inc. announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Valtech ...

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DOPPLER-CIP trial, ESC 2015, heart failure, predictor, small left ventricle, University of Leuven
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September 2, 2015 — Findings presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015 indicate that a small ...

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Medtronic, OPTILINK, OptiVol, ICD, pulmonary congestion, ESC 2015
Feature | Heart Failure

September 1, 2015 — Automated alerts for excess fluid accumulation in the lungs did not improve outcomes for heart ...

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August 28, 2015 — BioControl Medical said it has completed enrollment in its INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart ...

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August 18, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced an update in late July on its COUNTER HF U.S. pivotal study for the C ...

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August 11, 2015 — HeartWare International Inc. announced that enrollment in the ENDURANCE2 destination therapy clinical ...

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