The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning healthcare providers about potential hazards from interactions between implanted programmable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts and hearing implants ...

A study of an investigational interatrial shunt for treating high-risk heart failure patients with reduced and preserved ejection fraction suggests the device has a high degree of safety and efficacy, ...

Placement of an atrial shunt device intended to reduce pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) during exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) does not reduce ...

PHOENIX -- The functional and quality-of-life benefits of creating a left-to-right shunt in the interatrial septum to offload failing hearts held up over the midterm in a series of small feasibility ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ANAHEIM, Calif. — A transcatheter interatrial shunt device reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure during ...

Transcatheter implants designed to alleviate high left atrial (LA) pressures — which, as a possible way to treat heart failure (HF) once seemed like a long shot — are emerging as new stars of heart ...

A differential effect of atrial shunt device treatment on heart failure events was seen in prespecified subgroups of pulmonary artery systolic pressure at 20W of bicycle exercise, right atrial volume ...

By: Andrew Yoon, M.D., medical director, Heart Failure, MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center. MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Medical Center is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Dyspnea due to left atrial pressure overload during exercise is a hallmark of heart failure with preserved or ...

Results from early clinical evaluation of the Alleviant System to treat heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF) was presented today as late-breaking ...

Custom Safety Update image Individuals with an implantable programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt are at risk for unintended changes to valve settings through exposure to magnetic fields present in ...