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Abstract 4144084: Enhanced External Counterpulsation as a Novel Treatment for Heart Transplant Candidates with Ischemic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Circulation

Introduction:Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) is a noninvasive outpatient therapy designed to improve arterial health, cardiac efficiency, and coronary collateral formation by applying sequential external pressure aligned with the patient’s cardiac cycle.

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Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAnnual heart transplant (HT) volumes have increased, as have post‐HT outpatient care needs. Older patients and those with cardiac primary diagnoses had the highest risk of death.

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BioCardia Announces CMS Approval of Coverage for CardiAMP Cell Therapy Confirmatory Phase III Heart Failure Study

DAIC

The primary endpoint is a hierarchical composite assessment consisting of all-cause death, the cardiac death equivalents of heart transplant and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, heart failure hospitalizations, worsening heart failure events treated as an outpatient, and change in quality-of-life, with a follow-up duration ranging (..)

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V-Wave to Present Late-Breaking Data from Pivotal RELIEVE-HF Study at American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session and Expo

DAIC

The primary effectiveness endpoint was a composite of death, heart transplant/left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, HF hospitalization, outpatient HF worsening, and quality of life.

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RELIEVE-HF Trial Outcomes Reported at ACC.24 Find Impact of Interatrial Shunt May Vary by Heart Failure Type

DAIC

The results showed no significant difference between groups in terms of the trial’s primary endpoint, a hierarchical composite ranking of death from any cause; heart transplant or left ventricular assist device; heart failure hospitalizations; worsening of outpatient heart failure events; and change in quality of life, as measured using the Kansas (..)

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Impact of Interatrial Shunt May Vary by Heart Failure Type

DAIC

The results showed no significant difference between groups in terms of the trial’s primary endpoint, a hierarchical composite ranking of death from any cause; heart transplant or left ventricular assist device; heart failure hospitalizations; worsening of outpatient heart failure events; and change in quality of life, as measured using the Kansas (..)