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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June 4, 2015 - Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak is one of the first centers in the United States to use a new minimally ...

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May 28, 2015 — CVRx Inc. announced that positive results from the 'Barostim Therapy for Heart Failure' randomized ...

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There were several technology takeaway messages for the future of electrophysiology (EP) at the Heart Rhythm Society ...

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May 21, 2015 — Important new data presented during the Heart Rhythm Society's (HRS) 36th annual Scientific Session ...

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Big data, showing correlation between a CDC study on cardiovascular disease and a study conducted based on hostility in Twitter tweets. This demonstrates how big data from social media might be used to in new ways to evaluate population health.
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The buzz term “big data” has made a rapid entry onto the healthcare scene in the past couple years with promises of ...

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May 8, 2015 — While the human heart cannot heal itself, the zebrafish heart can easily replace cells lost by damage or ...

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May 7, 2015 — Gene therapy can clip out genetic material linked to heart failure and replace it with normal genes ...

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May 5, 2015 — Biotronik announced that a unique physiologic sensor is now available in the latest family of cardiac ...

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May 4, 2015 — Thoratec Corp. announced results from the ROADMAP Study (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of ...

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May 4, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the company’s ...

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An example of flexible electronics made by MC10. These types of wearable devices may soon be used to remotely monitor patients.
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Several futuristic technologies and their potential impact on healthcare were discussed during the Future of ...

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April 27, 2015 — Biotronik announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its DX line of ...

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April 23, 2015 — Philips introduced CareSage at HIMSS 2015, which is new predictive analytics engine that enables health ...

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April 20, 2015 — Penn Medicine’s Penn Care at Home program reported a 53 percent reduction in 30-day readmission rates ...

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April 17, 2015 — EBR Systems Inc. announced it has raised $20 million for clinical studies and regulatory filings ...

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