Circulation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Early identification of kidney dysfunction in patients with advanced heart failure is crucial for timely interventions. Circulation, Ahead of Print. Hemodynamic derangements and maladaptive neurohormonal upregulations contribute to fluctuations in kidney indices and electrolytes that may recover with guideline-directed medical therapy.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 7, 2024

However, information on its efficacy and safety in patients with heart failure remains limited. Case presentation A 43-year-old man with a body mass index of 41 kg/m 2 was admitted to our hospital for acute heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. No adverse events were observed during B-SES.

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DAIC

JUNE 24, 2024

a privately held company dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure ( HF ) at the intersection of digital health and medtech, today announced Premarket Approval (PMA) from the U.S milla1cf Mon, 06/24/2024 - 20:21 June 24, 2024 — Endotronix, Inc. ,

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CTVS

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Heart failure is a chronic condition that occurs when the heart can no longer operate efficiently on its own, or effectively pump blood throughout the body. Signs of heart failure may include difficulty breathing, a racing heartbeat/heart palpitations, fatigue, or unexplained swelling.

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DAIC

MARCH 13, 2024

CMS has reviewed the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial and approved the investigational product, related and routine items and services for purposes of Medicare coverage. The CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial is FDA approved to enroll up to 250 patients at up to 40 clinical centers. said Peter Altman , PhD.,

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 2, 2024

Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM), a rare condition, is fatal if left untreated and has rarely been described in heart transplant recipients. The cornerstone of treatment is corticosteroids, comprehensive therapy and heart failure management (including advanced mechanical support for fulminant myocarditis).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Introduction Heart transplantation (HT) is the only treatment option in children with heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathies and non-reparable congenital heart diseases.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The inherited heart condition often goes undiagnosed until it advances to heart failure, which is why it’s important to identify those at risk and begin treatment early. heart failure/heart transplant programs that contributed to the study. DCM can be silent for months to years before symptoms begin.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, advanced heart failure therapy never means it can be achieved only by state-of-the-art technology. Cardiac failure management remains basically disciplined medical management and a holistic approach to improve the quality of life. Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

APRIL 2, 2024

BACKGROUND:In heart transplant recipients, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction may occur for a variety of reasons. Whether RV dysfunction in the stable phase after heart transplantation is associated with long-term adverse outcomes is unknown. years after heart transplantation were included.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fulminant myocarditis has been defined as the clinical manifestation of cardiac inflammation with rapid-onset heart failure and cardiogenic shock. We report on the case of a 17-year-old boy with hemodynamic de.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has been increasing, with good long-term results, in parallel with a growing population with advanced heart failure (HF). However, in some European countries, LVADs are still underused, with one of the main issues being the patient's late referral.

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DAIC

JULY 3, 2024

Jon Kobashigawa, MD, of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is an expert in heart transplantation, heart failure, and other complex cardiac conditions. An expert in diagnosing heart failure, Kobashigawa also is director of the Advanced Heart Disease Division in the Smidt Heart Institute.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Clinical evaluation of central venous pressure is difficult, depends on experience, and is often inaccurate in patients with chronic advanced heart failure. 0.84]) and confirmed in the validation cohort (receiver operating characteristic, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.73–0.92]).

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Circulation: Heart Failure

MARCH 8, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Centers performing at least 1 heart transplant or left ventricular assist device were classified as ATCs. Patient characteristics, outcomes, and procedural volume were compared among 3 cohorts: admissions to non-ATCs, admissions to ATCs, and transfers to ATCs.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- To more fairly rank candidates for heart transplant, researchers developed the U.S. candidate risk score (US-CRS) and found it to better discriminate risk for people with advanced heart failure than the current six-status system.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. While the procedure offers hope, the long-term outcomes for these young patients remain suboptimal due to allograft rejection and graft failure.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Characteristics of heart failure with improved ejection fraction (HFimpEF) patients and outcome comparison with heart failure with persistently reduced ejection fraction (pHFrEF). CV mortality is the composite endpoint for CV mortality + urgent transplant + left ventricular assist device implantation.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices. Yet, research and innovation in this field has not kept pace.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

AUGUST 1, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:In 2018, an algorithm-based allocation system for heart transplantation (HT) was implemented in France.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Objective The role of hyperuricaemia as a prognostic maker has been established in chronic heart failure (HF) but limited information on the association between plasma uric acid (UA) levels and central haemodynamic measurements is available. Conclusions Elevated UA is associated with greater haemodynamic impairment in advanced HF.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The DRAIN-HF study will evaluate the Aortix percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (pMCS) technology in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who are unresponsive to standard medical therapy. I am excited to be able to include the advanced heart failure patients in the trial," commented Dr. Grafton.

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DAIC

APRIL 16, 2024

a commercial-stage medical device company, announced today the availability of additional data, including the publication of results of the post-market phase of the BeAT-HF trial in the European Journal of Heart Failure. The manuscript is available online at the European Journal of Heart Failure website.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print.

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Heart 2023 Conference

JANUARY 17, 2024

This institute is dedicated to pioneering research, innovation, and the development of clinically effective techniques for addressing various heart conditions. Additionally, it offers comprehensive cardiac screening and preventive care.

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Congenital Heart Disease Coronary Artery Disease Heart Transplant Transplant 49

European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For the global rank score all participants were ranked across three hierarchical groups: Tier 1 = time to death or urgent heart transplantation or implantation of a ventricular assist device; Tier 2 = time to non-fatal HF requiring i.v.

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CardiacWire

AUGUST 21, 2024

Johnson & Johnson expanded deeper into heart failure and interventional cardiology, acquiring interatrial shunt-maker V-Wave for $600M upfront and up to $1.7B These improvements would allow the Ventura IAS to address the notable HFrEF treatment gap between GDMT and far more invasive therapies like LVAD and heart transplantation.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Abstract Aim Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a cornerstone in the management of chronic heart failure in patients with a broad or paced QRS. The primary composite endpoint included all-cause mortality, heart transplantation, or ventricular assist device implantation. ml/min/1.73 m ml/min/1.73 m

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Heart BMJ

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

There were great advances in the treatment of heart failure (HF) over the past decades, characterised by the inclusion of ARNI and SGLT2 inhibitors in the latest guidelines. 1 The increasing repertoire of treatments makes it even more important to select those patients who will benefit the most from these therapies.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AV, atrioventricular; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; FDG-PET, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; HF, heart failure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; SCD, sudden cardiac death; SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; VT, ventricular tachycardia.

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DAIC

MAY 15, 2024

.: 882 Dates Distributed: March 1, 2021 to present Date Initiated by Firm: March 13, 2024 Device Use The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) is used to help the heart pump blood when it is not able to do so effectively on its own. Use of these devices may cause serious injury or death.

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DAIC

APRIL 30, 2024

Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state. Since mammals cannot regenerate cardiac muscle cells on their own, heart transplants are currently the only clinically viable option for patients suffering (or likely to suffer) heart failure.

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Heart failure, heart transplantation and death by cardiac causes were more often seen in individuals with biventricular phenotype compared to isolated left or right ventricular phenotype.

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DAIC

APRIL 15, 2024

.: 13,883 Date Initiated by Firm: February 19, 2024 Device Use The HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Systems (LVAS) are used to help the heart pump blood when it's not able to do so effectively on its own. Both devices work by taking over the pumping function of the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart.

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Circulation

JANUARY 18, 2024

Six hours of exposure to VA-ECMO also decreased left ventricular levels of cardiolipin and tafazzin in healthy swine compared with sham controls.

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