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 5, 2011 — Heart failure circulatory support system maker Thoratec Corp. announced it acquired the medical ...

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August 5, 2011 — BG Medicine Inc., a company specializing in novel, biomarker-based diagnostics, will present results ...

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August 3, 2011 — Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) is the nation's first pediatric hospital to both surgically implant and ...

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June 14, 2011 – An initial animal study of a next-generation cardiac assist device for heart failure patients using a ...

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May 16, 2011 - The first patient was recently enrolled in the INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure) ...

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May 11, 2011 – Every day, Jack Luzovich steps on a special scale that helps keep him in his northern Minnesota home ...

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May 10, 2011 – The world's smallest and thinnest high-energy cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) ...

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April 22, 2011 – A new study found that coronary artery bypass surgery added to medical therapy for selected ...

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April 19, 2011 – Promising new devices for mechanical circulatory support of children with heart defects or heart ...

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The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has awarded one of six national contracts to Cardiocom for home telehealth ...

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April 13, 2011 – The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA) and the ...

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April 6, 2011 – During the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) 60th Annual Scientific Session and Expo in New ...

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April 4, 2011 – A wireless remote monitoring program for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) has been ...

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March 25, 2011 – A new galectin-3 test, recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help ...

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