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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August 28, 2014 — Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its newest cardiac ...

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August 25, 2014 — New data revealing the reduction in cardiovascular (CV) deaths with Novartis' LCZ696 in patients with ...

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August 22, 2014 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced that the current condition of a heart failure patient implanted with the ...

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August 15, 2014 — The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced that Texas Children's Hospital has earned the ...

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August 13, 2014 — Celladon Corp. announced that the first patient has been dosed in a clinical trial titled ...

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August 11, 2014 — SynCardia Systems Inc. received approval in July from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

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August 7, 2014 — The Berlin Heart Group announced they have completed enrollment in their post-approval study, the only ...

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August 6, 2014 — St. Jude Medical announced the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a new ...

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August 1, 2014 — For the first time, cardiac surgeons, medical professionals and the public can watch the implantation ...

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July 30, 2014 — Following a heart attack, many heart failure patients suffer from enlargement of their left ventricle ...

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July 21, 2014 – The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced that Texas Children's Hospital has earned the ...
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July 18, 2014 — The Freedom portable driver has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use with ...

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July 16, 2014 — CorMatrix Cardiovascular and the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior in Warsaw ...

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July 11, 2014 — DC Devices Inc. has closed a $34 million Series D financing round. Accelmed led the round with ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

In the current era of healthcare reform with the overarching goal of reducing healthcare costs, heart failure (HF) ...

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