Patients who responded positively to shunt treatment experienced more beneficial changes in their heart's structure and function compared with nonresponders. After 2 years of follow-up, a post hoc ...

MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center is one of only two medical centers in California selected to ...

Jimmy McMillan, 69, of West Columbia felt his health growing worse as his heart failure progressed. “I would have trouble just walking down to the mailbox and back without having to stop and catch my ...

For babies born with a certain heart defect, implantation of a "shunt" is essential to their survival. A new type of shunt can be expanded using light after it's been implanted, potentially ...

FDA advisors on Wednesday will deliberate on whether shunt therapy still has a narrow path forward in heart failure after a disappointing pivotal trial. In its premarket approval application for the ...

ATLANTA -- An interatrial shunt failed to provide a clinical benefit to people with heart failure (HF) overall in the RELIEVE-HF trial, though actual harm or benefit seemed to hinge on the patient's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interatrial shunt implant lowered HF hospitalization risk for patients with HFrEF vs. placebo. However, patients ...

V-Wave has received a breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its interatrial shunt being tested for heart failure. Implanted through a minimally invasive procedure, the biocompatible device ...

This story was originally published on MedTech Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily MedTech Dive newsletter. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) can arise from a range of genetic and physiological triggers, but the common denominator—elevated left atrial (LA) pressure—has spawned a host of ...

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