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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February 9, 2017 — Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) has documented reduced readmissions for congestive heart ...

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February 7, 2017 — A new anticancer agent in development promotes regeneration of damaged heart muscle — an unexpected ...

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February 7, 2017 — Of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack each year, about a quarter go on to ...

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Videos | Heart Failure

This video, provided by BioVentrix Inc., demonstrates how to implant the Revivent TC System to reduce the volume of the ...

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February 3, 2017 — Penn Medicine announced that its heart failure team is using big data to kick-start a project that is ...

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News | Stem Cell Therapies

February 3, 2017 — Physicians and researchers at Texas Heart Institute are recruiting patients who suffer from heart ...

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News | Congenital Heart

January 31, 2017 — To save the life of an 11-year-old boy, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has ...

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News | Heart Failure

January 26, 2017 — For the first time, researchers have developed tests that could improve treatment for heart failure p ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

January 17, 2017 — Investigators at the University of Utah have identified distinct differences in the hearts of ...

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January 10, 2017 — BioVentrix Inc. announced in December the first closed-chest Revivent TC TransCatheter Ventricular ...

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January 10, 2017 — Ischemic heart failure from previous heart attacks and coronary artery disease is the leading cause ...

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News | Stem Cell Therapies

January 9, 2017 — BioCardia Inc. announced in December the issuance of United States Patent No. 9,517,199 relating to a ...

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January 3, 2017 — BioCardia Inc. announced in December the initiation of the CardiAMP Heart Failure pivotal trial, a ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

This video, provided by Valtech, demonstrates the Cardioband transcatheter mitral annuloplasty system. It allows ...

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News | Pharmaceuticals

December 28, 2016 — Cimaglermin, a new experimental drug, may help restore cardiac function after heart failure ...

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