CMS will now offer Medicare and Medicaid coverage of implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors for the management of heart failure. The agency released its proposed coverage decision on Oct.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are crucial devices used to prevent sudden cardiac death by delivering electrical shocks to restore normal heart rhythm. However, the performance and ...

Texas-based medical device company Alleviant has received a breakthrough device status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new no-implant atrial shunt for heart failure and will ...

A pair of artificial intelligence algorithms from Boston Scientific and Medtronic can be used by the NHS to monitor heart failure patients with implantable devices, but two others from Biotronik ...

In "remarkable" work, a patch of engineered heart muscle cells was used to strengthen a patient's heart before transplant.

Things are heating up for FIRE1, which posted a $120 million funding round to support its implant for tracking the hidden signs of heart failure ... In addition, the device was accepted into ...

Ventricular assist devices ... and implantable VAD (IVAD; Thoratec Laboratories Corp., CA, USA), the HeartMate IP1000, VE and XVE (Thoratec Corp.), the Novacor (World Heart Corp., ...

FIRE1’s device, called the Norm system, is a minimally invasive implantable sensor designed ... “Norm offers a unique approach to heart failure by more directly measuring volume instead ...

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how do they work? Pacemakers can save the lives of heart patients by ...

Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.

Heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart can’t pump as well as it should. This may happen when the heart muscle becomes weak or stiff. As a result, it doesn’t deliver enough blood to ...

an implanted heart device, heart failure, and pulmonary arterial disease. Air travel does not pose major risks to most people with heart disease. But there are some aspects of flying that can be ...