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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October 28, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the company has received CE Mark approval for the HeartMate 3 Left ...

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October 23, 2015 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced that it has received regulatory approval for the Parachute system in ...

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October 6, 2015 — The novel Aortix device has earned a spot among the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities accepted for ...

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October 5, 2015 — Procyrion Inc. of Houston has been awarded the grand prize of $20,000 in the 2015 "Create the Future" ...

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October 2, 2015 — Cyberonics Inc. announced results from the extension of the ANTHEM-HF clinical study (ENCORE Study) ...

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September 29, 2015 — A sticky, protein-rich gel created by Johns Hopkins researchers appears to help stem cells stay on ...

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September 29, 2015 — A new report from the American Heart Association (AHA) projects that the number of Americans ...

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September 21, 2015 — Zoll Medical Corp. announced that it has acquired Tel Aviv, Israel-based Kyma Medical Technologies ...

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September 18, 2015 — SynCardia Systems initiated a Class I recall of the Freedom Driver Systems used with the company’s ...

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September 16, 2015 — The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has released a new report offering a ...

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September 16, 2015 — Thoratec Corp. issued a voluntary Urgent Medical Device Correction Letter to all hospitals who have ...

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September 15, 2015 — Michigan hospitals participating in the American College of Cardiology’s “See You in 7” program ...

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September 9, 2015 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University showed that a simple questionnaire, evaluation and pulse ...

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September 8, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an amendment ...

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uberization of healthcare. Physicians are starting to "prescribe" smartphone apps to patients for education, tracking their health or to interface with wearable monitor devices. This physician is using an app created by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to educate a patient about cardiac function.
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Today, in a world of immediate access to information anywhere on the planet using a smartphone, consumers expect more ...

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