Device startup treating congestive heart failure patients seeks $4 millionMedCity NewsBioVentrix is developing catheter-based approaches to managing congestive heart failure. The company has built theRevivent Myocardial Anchoring System, which aims to …
UCSF Medical Center program slashes heart failure readmissionsHealthcare Finance NewsSAN FRANCISCO – With the implementation of a grant-funded program to reduce hospital readmissions for elderly patients with heart failure, the University of Californ…
UNMC study to examine exercise in heart failure patientsLincoln Journal StarThe 5-year clinical research study into long-term adherence to exercise in heart failure patients will be done at Bryan Heart in Lincoln and in Detroit at Wayne State Universit…
Ceva Animal Health to host heart failure webinarZenopaLasting 90 minutes, the seminar will offer best practice guidance on the management of heart failure, using real-life case studies to place the topic in an appropriate context. Dr Swift is the curre…
Cystatin C Less Predictive in Heart Failure PatientsRenal and Urology NewsTORONTO—Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and serum creatinine values are more accurate than cystatin C levels in predicting acute hospitalization in patients with am…
Lexington Herald LeaderHeart failure is a serious chronic illness that can be managedLexington Herald LeaderHeart failure currently affects 5.7 million Americans and causes 55,000 deaths each year in the United States. Heart failure is a serious chroni…
MedPage TodayWalk Test on Par with Exercise in Heart FailureMedPage TodaySix-minute walk distance and exercise testing had similar prognostic value for hospitalization and mortality in outpatients with chronic heart failure, according to a head-to-head…
Banner Boswell recognized as Accredited Heart Failure Centernewszap.comThe recognition took place in conjunction with Banner Health achieving Heart Failure System Accreditation, becoming the first to achieve this distinction in the western region of th…
Bridge to Transplant Heart Pump Gets Green LightdailyRx(dailyRx News) The US Food and Drug Administration officials have approved a new heart pump designed to benefit patients with advanced heart failure awaiting a heart transplant. The HeartWare Ventr…
East County MagazineFDA APPROVES PUMP FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS AWAITING HEART …East County MagazineNovember 24, 2012 (San Diego) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, a left ventricular ass…