A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
Medtronic's study has demonstrated that simultaneously pacing the lower chambers of the heart, or biventricular (BiV) pacing with a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device, significantly improves heart failure symptoms and quality of ...
Tags: CRT Device, Heart Failure Symptoms
Cytori Therapeutics has treated first US patient in the ATHENA trial using the company's cell therapy based on patient's own adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs). ADRCs are processed using the company's proprietary Celution ...