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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May 4, 2015 — Thoratec Corp. announced results from the ROADMAP Study (Risk Assessment and Comparative Effectiveness of ...

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May 4, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the company’s ...

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An example of flexible electronics made by MC10. These types of wearable devices may soon be used to remotely monitor patients.
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Several futuristic technologies and their potential impact on healthcare were discussed during the Future of ...

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April 27, 2015 — Biotronik announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its DX line of ...

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April 23, 2015 — Philips introduced CareSage at HIMSS 2015, which is new predictive analytics engine that enables health ...

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April 20, 2015 — Penn Medicine’s Penn Care at Home program reported a 53 percent reduction in 30-day readmission rates ...

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April 17, 2015 — EBR Systems Inc. announced it has raised $20 million for clinical studies and regulatory filings ...

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April 17, 2015 — Cerner Corp. and Qualcomm Life Inc. announced an agreement to extend Cerner’s medical device ...

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April 16, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Amgen’s ivabradine (Corlanor) to reduce ...

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April 16, 2015 — CareDx Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of ...

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transmyocardial laser revascularization
Feature | Cardiovascular Surgery | Reza Dabir, M.D.
Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR or TMR) was introduced in the late 1990s as a method to offer relief to ...
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April 3, 2015 — PatientPoint announced that PatientPoint Outreach 3.2 is now certified for Meaningful Use in an ...

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April 2, 2015 — SynCardia Systems Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to conduct an ...

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March 27, 2015 — Patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation were less likely to experience death ...

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March 15, 2015 — Patients who received the new drug Bendavia before undergoing angioplasty or stent implantation after a ...

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