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).

Medtronic's Attain Performa Quadripolar Lead and VivaQuad XT CRT-D system. Quadripolar leads enable more programming options to enable better patient care with this implantable cardioverter defibillator (ICD)..
Feature | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | Dave Fornell

There have been several recent advancements in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) technology to extend battery ...

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News | Dave Fornell

As editor of DAIC, I keep a close watch on trends in cardiovascular technology and try to predict what the next big ...

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February 10, 2015 — Many patients hospitalized with severe heart failure are receiving potentially harmful treatment ...

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February 10, 2015 — Swedish Medical Center is the first facility in the Rocky Mountain Region to implant a new ...

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February 6, 2015 — Case Western Reserve’s chemical compound aimed at restoring spinal cord function may have an ...

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February 6, 2015 — Medtronic announced a partnership agreement between its Cardiocom business and LHC Group, a U.S ...

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February 5, 2015 — Ostar Healthcare Technology announced the North American launch of their Cellular P201 telehealth blo ...

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February 5, 2015 — Boston Scientific announced the launch and the  first U.S. implant of its line of Extended Longevity ...

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February 4, 2015 — Millions of people take angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) to help treat heart failure. But it ...

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February 4, 2015 — Ostar Healthcare Technology, a Washington State Based TeleHealth Solutions company, announced the ...

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January 30, 2015 — SynCardia Systems Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct a cli ...

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Feature | Heart Failure | Dave Fornell

There are several new interventional and minimally invasive surgical heart failure (HF) devices in development or in ...

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January 28, 2015 — A tool designed to assess what interferes with acute heart failure patients' ability to care for ...

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January 27, 2015 — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center is one of a select group of medical ...

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January 23, 2015 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced the completion of enrollment in Parachute China, a multi-center trial to ...

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