Ventricular resection can significantly improve your life span if you have severe heart failure due to an enlarged left ventricle. If you have an enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly), it means ...

Ancora Heart kicked off a European clinical study for its device designed to directly repair an enlarged left ventricle from the inside, as a treatment for patients suffering from heart failure. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People whose sedentary time rose from age 11 to 24 years were more likely to have a progressively enlarged left ...

Current heart failure treatments only partially address the enlarged left ventricle and up to 50 percent of people who develop heart failure die within five years of diagnosis. 1 About the AccuCinch ...

Pivotal Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of AccuCinch® Ventricular Restoration System in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ancora Heart, ...

After enrolling the first patient at the top of this year in a pivotal trial of its ventricle-reshaping heart failure treatment, Ancora Heart has netted $80 million in funding to carry its device ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -The Miriam Hospital is actively recruiting local participants for a U.S. clinical trial of the Parachute device for treating heart failure. The study is focused on determining if the ...

Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) may cause subtle changes in left atrium (LA) structure and function. The authors of an article published in Cardiovascular Innovations and ...

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center in July became the first in the state to treat a heart attack patient with a new device that makes enlarged, weak hearts smaller. A team of interventional ...

The mitral valve allows blood to flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral valve regurgitation happens when the valve does not close properly and blood flows back into the atrium from ...