Favourable effects of vitamin D on cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction – the results of the MRC-funded VINDICATE Study A daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found. Dr Klaus Witte, […]
Infections Down With Antibacterial Envelope for ICD/CRT
Clinical use of antibacterial envelope mesh cuts infection rate for ICD/CRT implants The TYRX™ Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope and the TYRX™Neuro Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope are the first commercially available implantable medical devices designed to stabilize Cardiac Implantable Devices [CRTs and ICDs] and Implantable Neurostimulators [INSs] and to help reduce their infection. Medtronic PLC has signed up […]
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure Patients Contributes to Poor Outcomes
Patients admitted with acute heart failure who exhibit iron deficiency (ID) tend to have a longer and more expensive hospital stay and a greater likelihood of readmission, according to analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) in England presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference in Manchester. The research, which looked at data over three […]
New Nano-Polymer Could Prevent Heart Failure
New Biomedical Polymer Reduces Arterial Plaque and Inflammation Researchers at Ben-Gurion University and the Sheba Medical Center have developed a new therapy to treat atherosclerosis and prevent heart failure with a new biomedical polymer that reduces arterial plaque and inflammation in the cardiovascular system. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease causes 56 million deaths annually worldwide, according to […]
PMF Joins The Goodwill Partnership
The Pumping Marvellous Foundation becomes the 55th charity partner to join TGP [The Goodwill Partnership] London 8th May 2017: The Goodwill Partnership teams up with The Pumping Marvellous Foundation, the UK’s patient led Heart Failure charity. The Pumping Marvellous Foundation was founded in 2013 by a Heart Failure patient focused on the improvement […]
Early Success with HVAD LATERAL Trial
Clinical Trial of Medtronic Heart Pump HVAD Delivers Positive Results with Less-Invasive Implant Procedure Medtronic plc announce results of the ENDURANCE Supplemental trial in a late-breaking clinical trial session of the 2017 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Scientific Meeting in San Diego. The study evaluated the company’s HVAD(TM) System as a […]
Generation NOW – How Do Health Systems Cope?
Generation Now – The Patient Revolution As life races forward and humans play catch up with the ever increasing pace of “on demand” satisfaction to life’s queries. If you want an answer now, no problem, Google will satisfy the answer you need and throw alternatives into the mix. Due to increased accessibility to knowledge, […]
Importance of Heart Failure Awareness
In response to heart failure in the headlines this week PumpingMarvellous CEO Nick Hartshorne Evans highlights the importance of Heart Failure Awareness Heart Failure rears its ugly head again with the coroner’s report on the tragic death of George Michael released on Tuesday. It has been reported by the senior coroner that George Michael’s death […]
New Clues to Causes of Heart Failure
Penn Study Finds New Clues to Causes of Heart Failure Signaling proteins in cells lining the heart are crucial heart for attack recovery – new clues to causes of heart failure Of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack each year, about a quarter go on to develop heart failure. Scientists don’t […]
Carers UK and the Pumping Marvellous Foundation team up in world’s first cross global study on carers of people with heart failure
Carers UK and the Pumping Marvellous Foundation team up in world’s first cross global study on carers of people with heart failure 3 February 2017 National carers and patients organisations – Carers UK and Pumping Marvellous Foundation are part of a ground-breaking four nation research study to look at the challenges faced by carers of […]