Hearing loss is common among older adults and is associated with coronary heart disease and their risk potentials. However, the prevalence of hearing loss in adults with heart failure has not been well described. Heart failure is an incurable chronic disease and the leading cause of hospitalization in the elderly in the United States. To … Continue reading Link between Heart Failure and Hearing Loss →

There is no need to split the sternum, no extracorporeal circulation and a mitral valve repair in 25 minutes. January 19, 2018, the world’s first clinical completion of Fu Wai Hospital in Yunnan Province of MitralStitch ™ mitral valve repair system. Under the guidance of the academician Hu Shengshou of Fuwai Hospital, this case was … Continue reading MitralStitch ™, China First Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair →

Since December 2017, the mobile app “My 15” directly links patients to the emergency department of Moselle’s region in France. A valuable tool that improves the speed and accuracy of rescue. The concept ? A free phone app (available on Androïd and Appstore platforms) that allows you, in one click on the screen of your … Continue reading Emergency Smartphone App Tested to Rescue Patiences →

For the first time a French company has successfully implanted a new adjustable device to repair a heart valve defect in a human patient. This Thursday, Kephalios announces that it has successfully implanted at the Vienna General Hospital, Austria, the first adjustable Kalios ring, intended to restore the normal functioning of the mitral valve with closing … Continue reading Kephalios announces Implant Adjustable Mitral Ring on First Patient →

In India patients will be able to avail treatment using an enhanced external counter pulsation (EECP) equipment at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) government hospital in Trichy from Saturday onwards. EECP is a non invasive treatment for patients with refractory cardiac failure, refractory angina, angina after bypass surgery, patients unwilling or unfit for surgery and … Continue reading EECP therapy available in Government Hospital in India →

Assist devices are not all suited for small people or for patients who are already frail. About 11 percent of those who receive LVAD can cause strokes. William Altman, CEO of Corinnova, says the Houston medtech company has developed a device called EpicHeart that avoids those issues. To further the device’s development, Corinnova says the … Continue reading Heart Failure Medical Device and Corinnova →

The Vancouver-based company said that to date 34 patients have been treated with the Tiara at 10 centers globally, with a technical implantation success rate of 91.1%. Of the successful implantations, 100% of paravalvular leaks were reported as mild, trace or absent. The longest surviving patient has passed 3.5 years since implantation, Neovasc said. Currently, … Continue reading Neovasc update on TIARA study →

A Surgical Robot Dedicated to Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Cardiac and Surgery Mitral Valve The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) is proud to announce the acquisition of the da Vinci Xi, a new generation surgical robot, and the first in Canada to be exclusively dedicated to cardiac surgery. “The development of robotic cardiac surgery plays … Continue reading A Surgical Robot Dedicated to Patients in Canada the Montreal Heart Institute →

CEO Harry Rowland from Endotronix said in a statement. “We look forward to advancing our clinical program with proactive heart failure management that simplifies at-home care and improves patient outcomes.” Endotronix aims to improve patient care and reduce the cost of treating patients with heart failure by giving doctors a heads up about changes in blood … Continue reading $12 Million investment for Endotronix on Wireless Heart Monitoring →