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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September 4, 2015 — Gene transfer therapy to correct an enzyme abnormality involved in myocardial contraction and ...

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Valtech, cardioband, transcatheter mitral annuloplasty
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September 2, 2015 — HeartWare International Inc. announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Valtech ...

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DOPPLER-CIP trial, ESC 2015, heart failure, predictor, small left ventricle, University of Leuven
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September 2, 2015 — Findings presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2015 indicate that a small ...

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Medtronic, OPTILINK, OptiVol, ICD, pulmonary congestion, ESC 2015
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September 1, 2015 — Automated alerts for excess fluid accumulation in the lungs did not improve outcomes for heart ...

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News | Heart Failure

August 28, 2015 — BioControl Medical said it has completed enrollment in its INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart ...

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August 18, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced an update in late July on its COUNTER HF U.S. pivotal study for the C ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

August 11, 2015 — HeartWare International Inc. announced that enrollment in the ENDURANCE2 destination therapy clinical ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

August 7, 2015 — Mayo Clinic is announcing results of a study on the effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

August 6, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers, patients and caregivers ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

August 5, 2015 — HeartWare expanded the Class I recall of its ventricular assist device in mid-June due to concerns over ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

August 4, 2015 — Over the past several years, advanced heart failure patients who have not responded to medical therapy ...

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August 3, 2015 — Sunshine Heart announced plans to commence a first-in-human study using its novel C-Pulse ...

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News | Stem Cell Therapies

July 29, 2015 — A new clinical trial to test how a high dose of stem cells delivered via a method called retrograde ...

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News | Heart Failure

July 22, 2015 — Heart failure patients had a significantly lower chance of being readmitted within 30 days of discharge ...

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HeartMate PHP, Thoratec, St. Jude medical
Feature | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

July 22, 2015 — St. Jude Medical and Thoratec announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously ...

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