Category: Heart failure treatment

HeartLogic Diagnostic tool may reduce further hospitalisations

Please note this is a press release from Boston Scientific Europe talking about their new innovation HeartLogic Boston Scientific Launches the HeartLogic™* Heart Failure Diagnostic in Europe The HeartLogic Diagnostic is the first and only heart failure diagnostic tool proven to detect 70% of heart failure events several weeks in advance, potentially reducing further hospitalisation […]

May 29, 2018

Living With Heart Failure Infographic #HFpatientsTellUs

Our Heart Failure Community Share the Impact of Heart Failure, Their Self Care Priorities, How They Feel, and What They Want from Future Medical Therapy, with our New Living with Heart Failure Infographic. We asked our heart failure community how they feel about heart failure, in a 5-minute poll, enabling insight and opening the door […]

March 2, 2018

Flu Vaccine Cuts Risk of Death for Heart Failure

Getting Flu Vaccine Cuts Risk of Death by Half in People with Heart Failure For people with heart failure, getting a seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine in a given year was associated with a 50 percent drop in the risk of death during flu season and a 20 percent drop in the risk of death during […]

March 2, 2018

Heart Failure Infographic

Heart Failure Infographic makes Heart Failure clearer for everyone Heart failure is a syndrome caused by many different reasons. We have produced this heart failure infographic to help people understand – What it is What are the common symptoms of heart failure What are the common causes of heart failure Some facts and figures around […]

February 8, 2018

Fifty Years of Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Success -The Impact of Dr Barnard Fifty Years On – Heart failure patient Sarah shares her thoughts on the enormous impact of the game-changing, world’s-first heart transplant achievement in 1967 and says thank you for the bravery and skills, still giving us hope today. “It’s hard to believe that it was fifty years […]

December 3, 2017

Med Tech – Keeping Britain Working

The Med Tech Group are calling on NHS England to rethink ‘sticking plaster’ approach to medical technology. A report, launched today, has identified how better use of medical technology can help the Government save up to £476m in welfare spending through improved use of medical technology. The Medical Technology Group have updated the 2011 study on […]

November 29, 2017

More Patients than Ever Surviving Heart Failure, National Audit Finds

More patients than ever surviving heart failure following key improvements, audit finds Acute heart failure necessitating hospital admission is a life threatening condition. The quality of care including specialist involvement during an admission, determines the immediate and long-term outcomes including likelihood of survival. Yet while the audit reports several improvements, it also found that the […]

August 10, 2017

Marketing Authorisation Granted for Veltessa® (Patiromer) To Treat Hyperkalaemia

VIFOR FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE RENAL PHARMA AND VIFOR PHARMA UK TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) HAS GRANTED MARKETING AUTHORISATION OF VELTASSA® (PATIROMER) FOR THE TREATMENT OF ELEVATED SERUM POTASSIUM LEVELS (HYPERKALAEMIA) IN ADULTS Patiromer is a sodium-free potassium binder licensed for the treatment of hyperkalaemia in adult patients. Hyperkalaemia is a potentially life-threatening […]

July 21, 2017

Infections Down With Antibacterial Envelope for ICD/CRT

Clinical use of antibacterial envelope mesh cuts infection rate for ICD/CRT implants The TYRX™ Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope and the TYRX™Neuro Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope are the first commercially available implantable medical devices designed to stabilize Cardiac Implantable Devices  [CRTs and ICDs] and Implantable Neurostimulators [INSs] and to help reduce their infection. Medtronic PLC has signed up […]

June 12, 2017

Clinical Management of Heart Failure

Clinical Management of Heart Failure in Europe A new report out focussing on the state of play in Europe around the clinical management of heart failure has just been published by the Heart Failure Policy Network. The group is an independent, multidisciplinary group working to raise awareness of heart failure across Europe. It identifies many […]

May 6, 2017

Early Success with HVAD LATERAL Trial

Clinical Trial of Medtronic Heart Pump HVAD Delivers Positive Results with Less-Invasive Implant Procedure   Medtronic plc announce results of the ENDURANCE Supplemental trial in a late-breaking clinical trial session of the 2017 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Scientific Meeting in San Diego. The study evaluated the company’s HVAD(TM) System as a […]

April 20, 2017

Digital Health and Heart Failure

Professor Martin Cowie explains digital health and heart failure care Digital health (sometimes referred ot as eHealth) is quietly transforming the health care landscape, but what is it and what does it mean for people living with heart failure now and how what could it look like for the future hf patient and cardiology? Professor […]

January 23, 2017

Recovered Heart Function DCM Study

Please Help The Royal Brompton Hosptial Find Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients With Recovered Heart Function for a Current Study – TRED Researchers at the Royal Brompton Hospital, and the NHLI (National Heart and Lung Institute) are still working hard on a new BHF-funded dilated cardiomyopathy study. They are currently inviting patients with a previous DCM diagnosis, whose […]

January 20, 2017

New analysis of Novartis’ Entresto® data shows long-term benefits

New analysis of Novartis’ Entresto® data shows long-term benefits on heart failure readmissions and total cardiovascular deaths Entresto® reduced the risk of first and subsequent events of heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular deaths following heart failure hospitalization by 20%-24% compared to enalapril[1] These findings are consistent with the benefit Entresto showed in reducing the risk […]

November 17, 2016

Longevity of ICD?

Does device longevity of ICD/CRT-D differ among manufacturers? What factors might be associated with the need to replace ICD devices? The longevity of ICD/CRT-D defibrillators is extremely important from both a clinical and economic perspective. As published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, multi-specialist scientists studied the reasons for device replacement, the longevity of removed ICD, and […]

August 20, 2016