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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March 23, 2015 — Results of a clinical trial announced at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session ...

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The results from the CHAMPION Trial for the CardioMEMS device were presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) ...

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March 19, 2015 — According to an abstract presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in ...

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March 16, 2015 — Heart failure (HF) patients with reduced ejection fraction experienced significant HF mortality and ...

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March 11, 2015 — Critical Diagnostics announced it has expanded its cardiac biomarker testing product portfolio by CE ...

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March 10, 2015 — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key piece ...

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March 6, 2015 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has launched version 2.0 of their Guideline Clinical App. With ...

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February 25, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced it has received unconditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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February 24, 2015 — The National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention announced the launch of the Stronger Hearts ...

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Medtronic's Attain Performa Quadripolar Lead and VivaQuad XT CRT-D system. Quadripolar leads enable more programming options to enable better patient care with this implantable cardioverter defibillator (ICD)..
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There have been several recent advancements in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) technology to extend battery ...

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As editor of DAIC, I keep a close watch on trends in cardiovascular technology and try to predict what the next big ...

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February 10, 2015 — Many patients hospitalized with severe heart failure are receiving potentially harmful treatment ...

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February 10, 2015 — Swedish Medical Center is the first facility in the Rocky Mountain Region to implant a new ...

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February 6, 2015 — Case Western Reserve’s chemical compound aimed at restoring spinal cord function may have an ...

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