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News FDA approves mechanical cardiac assist device for children with heart failure
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a medical device that supports the weakened heart of children with heart failure to help keep them alive until a donor for a heart transplant can be found. |
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News Analysis Finds BYETTA Associated with Lower Likelihood of Heart Failure Compared with Other Diabetes Therapies: Results Presented at ADA 2011
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced results from a retrospective analysis of more than 778,000 patients that showed the addition of BYETTA® (exenatide) injection to pre-existing diabetes treatment regimens was associated with a reduced likelihood of heart failure, especially among patients receiving insulin. |
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News Scios Announces Results of ASCEND Heart Failure Study at the Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association
Scios Inc. announced that the landmark investigational study of NATRECOR® (nesiritide) for the treatment of acutely decompensated heart failure (ADHF), ASCEND-HF, demonstrated no statistically significant difference from placebo in the co-primary endpoints of dyspnea, measured at six and 24 hours, or in the composite of heart failure re-hospitalizations and death during the first 30 days following treatment. |
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Article Cardiac Failure (Heart Failure)
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can`t pump enough blood throughout the body. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped or is about to stop working. |
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Article Heart Failure Society of America
The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care. |
