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 ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, today announced positive clinical data from the company’s recently expanded U.S ...

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, ...

Q. My doctor told me I have an enlarged heart. What is this? What causes it and what does it mean for my health? A. The term “enlarged heart” refers to a heart that is larger than average for the age ...

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 ...

However, the hazards of transthoracic puncture and injection of the left ventricle preclude general acceptance of this method. Littmann and his associates, 3 in 1960, using a modified Seldinger 4 ...

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 ...

Children with sickle cell disease who also have lower blood oxygen levels while both asleep and awake are likely to have heart abnormalities, researchers have found. Children with sickle cell disease ...