Heartech: Another parachute looking for a landing zone in interventions for heart failure.

Andre C Critsinelis Navin K Kapur

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)

Maladaptive left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction is defined by increased left ventricular dimensions and is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Left ventricular partitioning devices mechanically reduce left ventricular dimensions and are postulated to improve symptomatic heart failure. In this first in human study, deployment of the Heartech LVPD was shown to be feasible without a prohibitive safety signal precluding future pivotal trials.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
heart failure
acute myocardial infarction
cardiac resynchronization therapy
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
aortic stenosis
mitral valve
left atrial
endothelial cells
coronary artery disease
acute heart failure
induced pluripotent stem cells
pluripotent stem cells