POSTS TAGGED AS heart failure

Smartphone-Based Detection of Congestive Heart Failure

Smartphone-based recognition of heart failure by microelectromechanical sensors
“Seismocardiography which measures cardiac vibrations transmitted to the chest wall has recently emerged [MORE]

Cell Therapy for Heart Failure

Cell therapy for Heart Failure Texas Heart Institute
From the Texas Heart Institute: “Investigators in this landmark clinical trial have shown [MORE]

A Belt Monitor for Signs of Heart Failure

Belt monitors heart failure patients
“Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have developed a belt that can monitor heart failure patients for [MORE]

AI Outperforms Doctors in Predicting Heart Conditions

Echocardiogram
“In a human versus AI study, researchers found that the technology was much more effective at predicting which coronavirus patients [MORE]

AstraZeneca’s “Heart in a Jar” Project

Human heart-in-a-jar
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a condition where the heart still pumps but is too weak to [MORE]

Implantable Device Controls Heartbeat and Blood Pressure

Barostim Neo in body drawing
A pacemaker-like implantable device stimulates the carotid artery in a way that reduces risk of heart [MORE]

Implantable BP Sensor

CardioMEMS Pulmonary Artery-Sensor
The FDA has approved an implantable wireless device to monitor pulmonary artery pressure. The manufacturer, CardioMEMS (Atlanta, GA), [MORE]

FDA Approved Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease

Heart Healing
The Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) has received FDA approval to begin stem cell therapy for chronic advanced heart failure.  [MORE]

Predictive Modeling for CHF Readmissions

With changing CMS rules on hospital readmissions, Intermountain Health Center (Salt Lake City, UT) has developed a [MORE]

Telemonitoring Heart Failure Patients

In a sense, this piece reinforces what is already known—that the success of telemonitoring patients for heart failure depends [MORE]

Two New CPR Devices for Heart Failure

CPR Devices
ResQPOD and ResQPump are two new devices now being tested that have shown much improved results for CPR [MORE]

Home Monitoring for Physician Efficiency

Home Monitoring
From a study of 250 patients with diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension, the Cleveland Clinic determined that home monitoring [MORE]