Patients who responded positively to shunt treatment experienced more beneficial changes in their heart's structure and function compared with nonresponders. After 2 years of follow-up, a post hoc ...

For babies born with a certain heart defect, implantation of a "shunt" is essential to their survival. A new type of shunt can be expanded using light after it's been implanted, potentially ...

Jimmy McMillan, 69, of West Columbia felt his health growing worse as his heart failure progressed. “I would have trouble just walking down to the mailbox and back without having to stop and catch my ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interatrial shunt implant lowered HF hospitalization risk for patients with HFrEF vs. placebo. However, patients ...

ATLANTA -- An interatrial shunt failed to provide a clinical benefit to people with heart failure (HF) overall in the RELIEVE-HF trial, though actual harm or benefit seemed to hinge on the patient's ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- LSU Health Shreveport is one of only 25 sites around the country participating in a major clinical trial for individuals with stiff heart syndrome. About half of of patients with ...

Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from major meetings right to your inbox. TCTMD ® is produced by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation ® (CRF). CRF ® is committed to igniting ...

Children born with defects that impair the heart's lower chambers undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a plastic tube called a shunt to ...

Inter-atrial shunts—investigational devices that create a small pathway for blood to pass from the left to the right side of the heart in order to improve heart failure symptoms and outcomes—may be ...

ATLANTA, GA—The implantation of a Ventura (V-Wave) interatrial shunt failed to improve prognosis or reduce symptoms across a wide range of patients with heart failure (HF), results from a new ...

Patients with heart failure who had a small shunt inserted between the heart's left and right atria did not see any significant benefits overall compared with those who received a placebo procedure ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are among the top eight causes of infant mortality worldwide. Annually, CHDs affect around 40,000 infants in the United States, with approximately one in four having a ...